{"product_id":"normandy-44-by-james-holland","title":"Normandy 44 by James Holland","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781787631281\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRenowned World War Two historian James Holland\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epresents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history. Unflinchingly examining the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebrutality\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eviolence\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat characterised the campaign, it's time to draw some\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eradically different conclusions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eD-Day\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed have come to be seen as a defining episode in the Second World War. Its story has been endlessly retold, and yet it remains a narrative burdened by both myth and assumed knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this reexamined history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, James Holland presents a broader overview, one that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003echallenges much of what we think we know about D-Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the Normandy campaign. The sheer size and scale of the Allies’ war machine ultimately dominates the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003estrategic, operational and tactical limitations of the German forces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was a brutal campaign. In terms of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edaily casualties\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the numbers were \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eworse\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethan for any one battle during the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFirst World War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eunseen archives and testimonies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from around the world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing a cast of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eeye-witnesses\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat includes foot soldiers, tank men, fighter pilots and bomber crews, sailors, civilians, resistance fighters and those directing the action\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn epic telling that will \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eprofoundly recalibrate our understanding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of its true place in the tide of human history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47585575338146,"sku":null,"price":260.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/518y-A6XwzL._SY445_SX342_FMwebp.webp?v=1787735306","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/normandy-44-by-james-holland","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}