{"product_id":"d-day-minute-by-minute-9781982159832","title":"D-Day: Minute by Minute","description":"Told in a purely chronological style, this fascinating account vividly details the authentic stories of regular people caught up in the historical events of D-Day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJune 6, 1944 was a truly historic day, but it was also a day where ordinary people found themselves in extraordinary situations... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLieutenant Norman Poole jumped from a bomber surrounded by two hundred decoy dummy parachutists. French baker Pierre Cardron led British paratroopers to his local church, where he knew two German soldiers were hiding in the confessional. Southampton telegram boy Tom Hiett delivered his first \"death message\" by midday. At the sound of Allied aircraft, Werner Kortenhaus of the twenty-first Panzer Division ran to collect his still damp washing from a French laundrywoman. And injured soldiers wept in their beds in a New York hospital, knowing that their buddies lay dying on the Normandy beaches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, and oral accounts, \u003ci\u003eD-Day \u003c\/i\u003eis a purely chronological narrative, concerned less with the military strategies and more with what people were thinking and doing as D-Day unfolded, minute-by-minute. Moving seamlessly from various perspectives and stories, \u003ci\u003eD-Day \u003c\/i\u003esets the reader in the midst of it all, compelling us to relive this momentous day in world history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982159832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Jonathan Mayo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027834163381,"sku":"9781982159832","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_274a9ab7-bda8-4ab3-b095-9e56c64333db.jpg?v=1609193922","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/d-day-minute-by-minute-9781982159832","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}