«Whether you are a visitor to the Normandy battlefields, a general reader interested in the greatest amphibious assault in the history of warfare, or just someone who appreciates extremely well-written military history . . . this truly extraordinary book is undoubtedly the one for you.»
Andrew Roberts
The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever published
‘Extraordinary’ Andrew Roberts
‘Fascinating’ Daily Mail
‘Magisterial’ James Holland
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The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever published
‘Extraordinary’ Andrew Roberts
‘Fascinating’ Daily Mail
‘Magisterial’ James Holland
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6 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.
This was D-Day, the most important day of the twentieth century.
In 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.
The 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.
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‘A hugely impressive book which makes full use of a lifetime of learning and experience.’ Herald
‘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
‘This is a warts-and-all forensic examination of the Allied invasion, offering stacks of insight based on a decade of research.’ Soldier
Kundevurdering:
Overgår i dybde og bredde enhver tidligere bok om D-dagen! Første halvdel omhandler de omfattende forberedelene til invasjonen, kanskje den mest interessante delen. Fortellingen om kampene på de fem strendene selve invasjonsdagen viser at det var ingen selvfølge at operasjonen ville lykkes. Det kostet enormt i planlegging, forberdelser, lidelser og død.Hans Christian
«Whether you are a visitor to the Normandy battlefields, a general reader interested in the greatest amphibious assault in the history of warfare, or just someone who appreciates extremely well-written military history . . . this truly extraordinary book is undoubtedly the one for you.»
Andrew Roberts
«Following his excellent study of the Battle of the Bulge, Caddick-Adams does it again by explaining, as opposed to simply describing, the Allies’ victory.»
Jeremy Black
«Peter Caddick-Adams is unquestionably one of the very finest historians of the Second World War . . . His D-Day must surely go down as the definitive narrative of that pivotal moment in the history of the war.»
James Holland
«Fascinating . . . Reveals the full horror Allied troops suffered as they prepared to overwhelm the Nazis, examining the facts behind the historic assault.»
Daily Mail
«This is a hugely impressive book which makes full use of a lifetime of learning and experience. It is also rich in unexpected detail . . . Such an entertaining and engaging account.»
The Herald
«This is a warts-and-all forensic examination of the Allied invasion, offering stacks of insight based on a decade of research.»
Soldier
«An in-depth and rigorously researched look [at D-Day].»
Publishers Weekly
«Peter Caddick-Adams’s Sand and Steel provides wonderful insight into war on the Western Front. With this follow-up to his magisterial Snow and Steel (2014), on the Battle of the Bulge, Mr Caddick-Adams weighs in with a detailed chronicle that hard-core World War II buffs will relish.»
Wall Street Journal
«A thorough, exciting, and altogether excellent choice for World War II – and especially D-Day – aficionados.»
Starred review, Kirkus
«If you only read one book on D-Day, this should probably be it. It places a microscope on the preparation and the 24-hours of D-Day itself, using interviews and memoirs from veterans to bring the events vividly to life.»
Editor's Choice, The Connexion
– Overgår i dybde og bredde enhver tidligere bok om D-dagen! Første halvdel omhandler de omfattende forberedelene til invasjonen, kanskje den mest interessante delen. Fortellingen om kampene på de fem strendene selve invasjonsdagen viser at det var ingen selvfølge at operasjonen ville lykkes. Det kostet enormt i planlegging, forberdelser, lidelser og død.