D-Day: The Unheard Tapes - Signed Hardback

D-Day was a critical turning point in the Second World War, and a master stroke in planning and logistics, but for the tens of thousands of young men who took part in the amphibious assault, it was bloody, chaotic, and frequently terrifying. For those who survived the beaches, months of bitter fighting lay ahead, often against Germany's most elite and fanatical divisions.

Accompanying a BBC series and using interviews from the archives of the Imperial War Museum and National World War II Museum, this immersive oral history describes what it was like to take part in the landings on 6 June 1944 and the battle to take Normandy. British, American, Canadian and German veterans, as well as French civilians, speak of experiences they could never forget. 

Stories include the forward observer hiding alone on Omaha Beach, thinking of his wife as he waits for the invasion to begin. The commando racing to Pegasus Bridge. The Typhoon pilot who is about to be executed by the SS, only to be saved by a Luftwaffe officer. The British soldier who risks his life to build a cross for his fallen comrades. The German soldier haunted by the memory of abandoning his dying friend.