TY - BOOK AU - Holland,James TI - Normandy '44: D-Day and the battle for France : a new history SN - 9781787631274 (hbk.) : AV - D756.5 U1 - 940.5421 HOL 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Bantam Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - France KW - Normandy KW - Warfare and Defence KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history. Unflinchingly examining the brutality and violence that characterised the campaign, it's time to draw some radically different conclusions. D-Day and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed have come to be seen as a defining episode in the Second World War. In this re-examined history, James Holland presents a broader overview, one that challenges much of what we think we know about D-Day and the Normandy campaign ER -