The famous historian Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad and the Battle of Arnhem, and the man who "renamed military history" (The Guardian) presented the first significant story in more than two years of the Normandy invasion and liberation. Paris. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the great suffering experienced by French soldiers in the war. Beevor took advantage of his research from more than thirty archives in six countries, returning to live reports and interviews conducted by combat historians after the action. D-Day is a comprehensive account of the invasion and brutal assault that led to the liberation of Paris.