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D-Day: A Reading List

  • Writer: William Tyler
    William Tyler
  • May 3, 2021
  • 1 min read

There are hundreds of books on the subject but here are just a few.


My top three

1 Sand and Steel P.Caddick-Adams

2 Normandy '44 J.Holland (outstanding bibliography)

3 D-Day S.Ambrose (the great American historian of the war)


Seen from a German viewpoint

1 D-Day through German Eyes H.Eckhertz

2 D-Day through German Eyes J.Trigg


Other classics

1 D-Day A.Beevor

2 Overlord M.Hastings


Unusual

D Day Operations Manual Falconer & Watson


Short and Simple

Victory in Europe Karen Farrington (NB D Day to Victory)

 
 
 

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