An epic battle that involved 156,000 Allied men, 7,000 ships, and 20,000 armoured vehicles fighting against the might of German war machine, D-Day was, above all, a tale of individual heroics - of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defenses were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured. This authentic human story - Allied, French, German - has never been fully told.

Giles Milton's bold new history narrates the events of June 6, 1944, through the tales of survivors from all sides; the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. From the military architects at Supreme Headquarters to the young schoolboy in the Wehrmacht's bunkers, Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped on the front line of D-Day.