We Remember D-Day by Frank Shaw - ISBN: 9780091941574
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I lay there rather dazed for a while, expecting to be hit again at any moment.’ John Hunter, Parachute Regiment, Northants.Seventy years ago, on 6 June 1944, a great Allied Armada landed on the coast of Normandy.

We Remember D-Day

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    15 May 2014

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Summary

Over 130 personal recollections of D-Day from those who took part, on land, sea and air, in the successful invasion of occupied Europe’On leaving the plane I can only say I felt very lonely, except that the sky was full of bullets coming upwards. Fortunately, it wasn’t long before my feet hit the ground with a thud. Almost as soon as my feet touched the ground, I was to find that I had landed directly in front of the muzzle of a German Machine Gun and I received a burst of fire straight at me…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780091941574
ISBN-10:0091941571
Author:Frank Shaw, Joan Shaw
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Ebury Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:15 May 2014
Weight:260g
Dimensions:198mm x 126mm x 23mm
Series:We Remember
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Critics Review

  • To coincide with the 70th anniversary

    Praise for Other Titles by this Author:

    - “In this book of first-hand accounts from the 1940-1941 Blitz, the human expereince of life on the home front is brought into focus. From ARP wardens to bakers, each recollection is written as though it were a letter to a friend. A riveting read.” –Daily Express

    - “Of all the books I have read this year, these are the most moving and memorable; more “people” stories than war stories, in countless voices and moods, of a richness and strength which makes fiction seem meagre.” –Daily Mail

About The Author

Frank Shaw

Frank and Joan Shaw live in Hinckley in Leicestershire. They have four children and nine grandchildren. They were born and raised in Deal, Kent and this is where they spent the war. The idea of the We Remember series came when their granddaughter asked them about the Second World War for a school project. Frank and Joan decided more memories needed to be committed to paper, and they wrote to 700 local newspapers throughout the country asking just that. They were flooded with letters, which they then self-published as five hardback books, raising over e100,000 for the Royal British Legion. Ebury Press are excited to be republishing them over 20 years later, with all royalties also going to the Legion.

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