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1960 hardcover with dust jacket and 256 pages in good secondhand condition. Browning to all pages edges. 6 June, 1944. 156,000 troops from 12 different countries, 11,000 aircraft, 7,000 naval vessels, 24 hours. D-Day - the beginning of the Allied invasion of Hitler's formidable 'Fortress Europe' - was the largest amphibious invasion in history. There has never been a battle like it, before or since. But beyond the statistics and over sixty years on, what is it about the events of D-Day that remain so compelling? The courage of the men who fought and died on the beaches of France? The sheer boldness of the invasion plan? Or the fact that this, Rommel's 'longest day', heralded the beginning of the end of World War II. One of the defining battles of the war, D-Day is scored into the imagination as the moment when the darkness of the Third Reich began to be swept away. This is the story of D-Day, told through the voices of over 1,000 survivors - from high-ranking Allied and German officers, to the paratroopers who landed in Normandy before dawn, the infantry who struggled ashore and the German troops who defended the coast.Cornelius Ryan captures the horror and the glory of D-Day, relating in emotive and compelling detail the years of inspired tactical planning that led up to the invasion, its epic implementation and every stroke of luck and individual act of heroism that would later define the battle. In the words of its author, The Longest Day is a story not of war, but of the courage of man.

The Longest Day - The D-Day Story   By: Cornelius Ryan A second impression hardcover published by Victor gollancz in 1960 Red cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, previous owners signature on front title page, Dustjacket is mostly complete, 3cm missing from spine bottom & nick & tear to spine & bookends Postage inside South Africa R30.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quote  

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***PLEASE NOTE WE DELIVER TO CAPE TOWN, JOHANNESBURG AND BLOEMFONTEIN*** Name of collection/ series: We Fight TB - Dr. Robert Koch Year of issue: 1982 Country code: R.S.A. Item code: FDC 3.35 Signed by: This first day cover is signed my Cornelius van der Merwe. He was a South African politician and member of the National Party. In 1982 he became the minister of health and welfare. On August 17, 1984 he suffered a heart attack from which he recovered. However, less than a year later on 26 April 1985, he died in his sleep.

 The D-Day story researched and written by Cornelius Ryan. First edition hardcover with dust jacket published by Gollancz, 1961. 256 pages with index. Illustrated. Good sound copy. Tracked postage is R50.00.

 Victor Gollancz, first published April 1960, 2nd impression before publication. Unclipped jacket has some wear and tear. Pages clean and tightly bound. Several photographs illustrate this D-DAY history.