Overlord

<p><b>A compelling and masterly account of the D-Day landings from the No. 1 bestselling historian Max Hastings, author of <i>Vietnam</i> and <i>Operation Pedestal</i>.<br><br>'Max Hastings stands in the first rank of writers on modern war' &ndash;</b> <b><i>Financial Times</i></b><br><br>On 6 June 1944 &ndash; D-Day &ndash; British, Canadian and American troops staged the greatest amphibious landing in history. It was the start of Operation Overlord, the battle to take Normandy from the Third Reich. Over ten gruelling weeks, the Allies fought the entrenched German army, some infantry units suffering an almost 100 per cent casualty rate.<br><br>In<i> Overlord</i>, acclaimed historian Max Hastings has drawn on eyewitness accounts of survivors from both sides, plus a wealth of previously untapped sources and documents, to write a gripping and authoritative