The Allied assault on Normandy beaches was an almost flawless success, but it was to take three months of bitter fighting before the German defence of Normandy finally collapsed and Paris was liberated. In this account of that struggle, the reader is subjected to the gruelling ordeals confronted by the combatants - each encounter related from the point of view of a different nationality. The author also wrote "The Face of Battle", "The Mask of Command" and "The Nature of War".
- ISBN10 0712655794
- ISBN13 9780712655798
- Publish Date 10 December 1992 (first published 1 January 1982)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 April 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Pimlico
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 384
- Language English