SlowTV - D-Day. Antony Beevor - - Antony Beevor - Lindsay Tanner - Part 1 | Part 2Â Internationally acclaimed historian Antony Beevor talks at the Melbourne Writers Festival about his vivid and engaging opus, D-Day: The Battle For Normandy, the latest of his books to top bestseller lists. The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known.
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