D-DAY
The Epic Story of the Allied Invasion of Normandy

The front cover of this book tells you that it was produced for the D-Day Museum of New Orleans, so you know straight away that this will be very much an American perspective on the historic battle. There is nothing wrong with that, in fact it is a pleasant change from the British bias of many of th......more

Don't expect a lot of on-the-ground memoirs; this is more of an over-arching view of the preparation, decision-making, and leadership roles of the generals and higher-ups. Except for the one chapter from the perspective of the German side, it was pretty dry. Of course it is a history book, an excell......more

The D day companion is a great book it gives a lot of information on the invasion of France and normandy landings. The landings are in depth with a lot of detail. You will know the exact place of german guns on the cliffs. When this started on may 27th 1940 over 338,000 troops got in to France to he......more

decent book but lacking info on the French Resistances vital help in gathering intelligence on German formations and movement......more

Military strategy doesn't do it for me at all, it's the human angle of warfare and the experiences of the troops on the ground that fascinates me - and this book only briefly touches on that side of things in a collection of essays concerned with strategy, planning and wartime politics. And much of......more