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The allied landings in Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, constituted the largest seaborne assault in history and changed both the course of the Second World War and the century. While the story of the landings has been told many times before, this is the first to reveal the role that human error, political infighting, deception, and double agents played in the crucial ten days leading up to the invasion. Based primarily on unpublished diaries and letters and written with the pace of a thriller, it tells the story through the eyes of ten individuals caught up in the drama: men and women, civilians and soldiers, secret agents, and political prisoners. None knows if the landings will succeed, and the book describes in gripping detail the suspenseful preparations they make during the excruciating wait for the day that could have taken a fatefully different turn. is the acclaimed author of many books on Churchill, the Second World War, and intelligence history, including the official history of the Special Operations Executive in Italy 1943-1945. He has frequently served as a TV consultant and media commentator and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Read more