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Forgotten Voices of D-Day: A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There
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6 June 1944 is one of the most momentous days in history - the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, this title tells the compelling story of this turning point in the Second World War.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #135111 in Books
- Published on: 2009-05-07
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.50" h x 1.25" w x 6.25" l, 1.50 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 416 pages
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Editorial Reviews
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'Bailey's account, based on scores of oral histories taken from British troops, is incomparable. The voices speak with utter immediacy of fear, determination, bewilderment, indifference, and unmistakable courage.' --The Spectator
About the Author
Roderick Bailey is a historian attached to the Imperial War Museum and the author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, Forgotten Voices of the Secret War, and the critically acclaimed The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle. He is a graduate of Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and a former Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford.
