{"product_id":"sand-and-steel","title":"Sand and Steel","description":"The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Extraordinary’ Andrew Roberts\u003cbr\u003e‘Fascinating’ Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003e‘Magisterial’ James Holland\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 June 1944, 4 a.m. Hundreds of boats assemble off the coast of France. By nightfall, thousands of the men they carry will be dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was D-Day, the most important day of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Sand and Steel, one of Britain’s leading military historians offers a panoramic new account of the Allied invasion of France. Drawing on a decade of new research, Peter Caddick-Adams masterfully recreates what it was like to wade out onto the carnage of Omaha Beach, or parachute behind enemy lines in Normandy. He explores the year-long preparations that went into the invasion, overturning decades-old assumptions about Allied strategy. And he pays tribute to the remarkable individuals who made D-Day possible – not just soldiers on the beaches, but also paratroopers, sailors, aircrews, and women on the Home Front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a compulsively readable account of the greatest battle of the Second World War. It will be the definitive work on D-Day for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A hugely impressive book which makes full use of a lifetime of learning and experience.’ Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Peter Caddick-Adams’ D-Day must surely go down as the definitive narrative of that pivotal moment in the history of the war.’ James Holland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a warts-and-all forensic examination of the Allied invasion, offering stacks of insight based on a decade of research.’ Soldier","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51447923573083,"sku":"9781784753481","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/sand-and-steel","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}