{"product_id":"sand-steel","title":"Sand \u0026 Steel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever published\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Extraordinary’ \u003cb\u003eAndrew Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Fascinating’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Magisterial’ \u003cb\u003eJames Holland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis was D-Day, the most important day of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSand and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003cb\u003e________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003ehugely impressive \u003c\/b\u003ebook which makes full use of a lifetime of learning and experience.’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Peter Caddick-Adams’ D-Day must surely go down as the \u003cb\u003edefinitive narrative\u003c\/b\u003e of that pivotal moment in the history of the war.’ \u003cb\u003eJames Holland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a warts-and-all forensic examination of the Allied invasion, offering \u003cb\u003estacks of insight \u003c\/b\u003ebased on a decade of research.’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoldier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316476387710,"sku":"NW9781784753481","price":14.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784753481.jpg?v=1778659953","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/sand-steel","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}