Stephen Fisher Sword Beach : The Untold Story of D-Day's Forgotten Victory

With his wealth of knowledge and exacting eye for detail, [Fishers] book on DDay is sure to impress a vast audience Dan SnowStephen Fisher... is a very rare beast a man who can bring stunning research and scholarship handinglove with the gifts of a fine storyteller James HollandWritten with verve and panache... Its a brilliant evocation of one of the greatest days in history, and Fisher has done it proud. Bravo! Robert Lyman, author of Victory to Defeat The British Army 191819406th June 1944 saw the largest seaborne assault in human history DDay. The landings on the five Normandy beaches, Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, will go down in legend as the first footsteps on the journey to end the war in northern Europe. While much has been written about the operation as a whole, little detailed attention has been paid to the battle for Sword Beach itself, the easternmost of the amphibious attack areas. For the first time, historian and archaeologist Stephen Fisher puts the British landing under the spotlight and using previously unseen research, documents and personal testimonies pieces together the buildup, the day itself and its aftermath in such a way as to uniquely bring the operation to vivid life. Following a massive air and naval bombardment that began before the sun had even risen, the stage was set for the first of tens of thousands of troops to come ashore on Sword that day. It was to be a day of triumph and tragedy as the Allies pushed forward to the key objective... | Stephen Fisher Sword Beach : The Untold Story of D-Day's Forgotten Victory