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Stephen Fisher is one of the best kept secrets in military history With his wealth of knowledge and exacting eye for detail his book on D Day is sure to impress a vast audience Dan Snow Stephen Fisher is a very rare beast a man who can bring stunning research and scholarship hand in glove with the gifts of a fine storyteller James Holland Written with verve and panache I can almost hear the splash of waves against the LCTs the whine of bullets overhead feel the concussive thud of shells and mortars and experience the rush of sweat fear and adrenaline as Fisher describes the opening battle in Normandy on that day of all days D Day on Sword Beach It s a brilliant evocation of one of the greatest days in history and Fisher has done it proud Bravo Robert Lyman author of Victory to Defeat The British Army 1918 1940 6th June 1944 saw the largest seaborne assault in human history D Day The landings on the five Normandy beaches Utah Omaha Gold Juno and Sword will go down in legend as the first footsteps on the journey to end the war in northern Europe While much has been written about the operation as a whole little detailed attention has been paid to the battle for Sword Beach itself the easternmost of the amphibious attack areas For