{"product_id":"danes-on-d-day-jakob-tzutrup-kjzrsgaard-9781804518786","title":"Danes on D-Day: Danish Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Invasion of Normandy 1944","description":"\"We do not know or seek what our fate will be. We ask only this, that if die we must, that we die as men would die, without complaining, without pleading, and safe in the feeling that we have done our best for what we believed was right.\" Niels Christensen's commanding officer in 101st Airborne Division, before the drop into Normandy on D-Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDanes on D-Day is a depiction of the Danes who fought for the Allies before, during, and after the invasion of Normandy in World War II. Many of them took part in D-Day on 6 June 1944, both on and near the Normandy beaches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is based on first-hand accounts and diaries, and while a significant portion of the source material focuses on the perspective of sailors, it also covers Danish pilots, paratroopers, and infantrymen on D-Day and in the subsequent offensives following the invasion; codename Operation Overlord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey did their best for what they believed was right!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs of the men and of the locations that became the settings for the dramatic events of 1944.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jakob Tøtrup Kjærsgaard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804518786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804518786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Helion \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jakob Tøtrup Kjærsgaard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520607174911,"sku":"9781804518786","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd1fbe3a-a3cf-4b02-8ada-a1c6d2bbd4e8.jpg?v=1762886085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/danes-on-d-day-jakob-tzutrup-kjzrsgaard-9781804518786","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}