Dimensions
226 x 277 x 8mm
6th June 1944.
History sometimes takes place over long periods of time; sometimes it can occur in a single day. This high-drama series looks at those momentous days in the last century when great and terrible things transpired within 24 hours which would leave an impact on the history of the world for decades afterwards.
On 6 June 1944 thousands of soldiers waded ashore on to the beaches of Normandy in France. Their mission? To beat back the German army and liberate the Nazi-occupied countries of western Europe. The soldiers knew the risks - German troops were waiting to ambush them as they landed, the beaches and shallows were mined, and hidden snipers could pick them off at any time . . . But for most of the soldiers, the alternative - the inevitable onward march of Nazism - seemed far worse.
The story of D-Day is a tale of Allied co-operation and extraordinary human courage. But what was the outcome of the invasion? Did it turn the tide of the Second World War, or end in disaster?
