Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire
From the best-selling military historian, a thrilling account of the valiant British role in the D-Day invasion.

Between 1941 and 1944, the British army contributed relatively little to World War II. On D-Day (June 6, 1944) that changed—35,000 British infantrymen, airmen, and special service operatives were sent headfirst into the whitest heat of war, almost overnight.

Max Hastings’ Sword Beach tells the story of a handful of British soldiers and their critical role in D-Day’s parachute and seaborne offensive. On Sword, the codename of one of the two beaches assaulted by the British, scores of soldiers were killed by the first shots that they ever heard fired in anger. One British corporal insisted on apologizing to his enemy prisoners, and the Free French troops, 120-men strong, suffered 60 percent losses in the first days of fighting. In granular detail, Sword Beach describes a small number of men on a single day who faced the transition from make-believe battle to war at its most violent.

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Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire
From the best-selling military historian, a thrilling account of the valiant British role in the D-Day invasion.

Between 1941 and 1944, the British army contributed relatively little to World War II. On D-Day (June 6, 1944) that changed—35,000 British infantrymen, airmen, and special service operatives were sent headfirst into the whitest heat of war, almost overnight.

Max Hastings’ Sword Beach tells the story of a handful of British soldiers and their critical role in D-Day’s parachute and seaborne offensive. On Sword, the codename of one of the two beaches assaulted by the British, scores of soldiers were killed by the first shots that they ever heard fired in anger. One British corporal insisted on apologizing to his enemy prisoners, and the Free French troops, 120-men strong, suffered 60 percent losses in the first days of fighting. In granular detail, Sword Beach describes a small number of men on a single day who faced the transition from make-believe battle to war at its most violent.

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Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire

Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire

by Max Hastings
Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire

Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire

by Max Hastings

Overview

From the best-selling military historian, a thrilling account of the valiant British role in the D-Day invasion.

Between 1941 and 1944, the British army contributed relatively little to World War II. On D-Day (June 6, 1944) that changed—35,000 British infantrymen, airmen, and special service operatives were sent headfirst into the whitest heat of war, almost overnight.

Max Hastings’ Sword Beach tells the story of a handful of British soldiers and their critical role in D-Day’s parachute and seaborne offensive. On Sword, the codename of one of the two beaches assaulted by the British, scores of soldiers were killed by the first shots that they ever heard fired in anger. One British corporal insisted on apologizing to his enemy prisoners, and the Free French troops, 120-men strong, suffered 60 percent losses in the first days of fighting. In granular detail, Sword Beach describes a small number of men on a single day who faced the transition from make-believe battle to war at its most violent.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781324117575
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 11/11/2025
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Max Hastings is the author of more than thirty books, including Inferno and The Secret War. Knighted in 2002 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He lives in West Berkshire, England.
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