Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire

By Hastings, Max

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9781324117575
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Norton


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Starred Review on November 7, 2025  |  Social Sciences

D-Day, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe during World War II, is remembered as a primarily American affair. Of the five beaches in the invasion, three were assaulted by British and Canadian forces. Eminent military historian Hastings (Operation Biting) focuses on one small section of Sword Beach, at the eastern end of the 50-mile assault front, and on the roughly 35,000 British soldiers of the 3rd Division and 6th Airborne who...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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