It was the largest seaborne invasion in the history of warfare - a battle fought on such an epic scale that it has spawned thousands of books, TV series and Hollywood movies. Although millions of words have been written about the events that unfolded on D-Day, June 6, 1944, almost all have come from the viewpoint of the officer class - from Winston Churchill down - as well as an army of military historians. But what of the men on the front line who fought themselves to a standstill driving the Germans off the blood-soaked beaches? ...read
It's inspired millions of words, nearly all of them by the officer class. But a gripping new book finally gives a voice to the ordinary heroes whose accounts - raw, honest and full of dark humour - make truly humbling reading 75 years on
