The bloodiest days

Antony Beevor tells Richard Fitzpatrick that Normandy was the bloodiest ‘front’ of the Second World War.

D-Day, the Battle for Normandy, Antony Beevor, Viking, €28.99.

ROMMEL called it “the longest day.” On June 6, 1944, the largest fleet that ever put to sea landed on the northern shores of France as part of D-Day.