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NORMANDY ’44

Author James Holland Publisher Bantam Press Price £25 Released Out now

Anyone familiar with the work of James Holland will know what to expect from his latest, he has turned his attention to D-Day and the ensuing campaign to liberate France. With an emphasis on the often-neglected element of operational warfare (sitting in between the tactical and the strategic), Holland aims to rewrite the Normandy story and explode a few myths along the way.

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