Bodyguard of Lies: The Extraordinary Story Behind D-Day
by Anthony Cave Brown
Listed under Espionage
The
Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
by Alex Kershaw
Book Description The poignant story of twenty-one boys who died
on the beaches of Normandy and the small town they called home.
On June 6, 1944, nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population 3,000--died
in the first bloody minutes of D-Day when their landing craft dropped them
in shallow water off Omaha Beach. They were part of the first wave of American
soldiers to hit the sands of Normandy. Later that day, two more soldiers
from the same small town died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-one sons of Bedford
killed--no other town in America suffered a greater one-day loss. It is
a story that one cannot easily forget--and one that the families of Bedford
will never forget. It was, and still is, Bedford's longest day.
The Bedford Boys is the intimate true story of these young men and their
friends and families in Bedford. It portrays a neighborhood of soldiers
before and during the war--from the girlfriends they left behind to the
buddies they made in basic training, from anxious barracks in England to
the bloody beaches of Normandy. Based on extensive interviews with survivors
and relatives as well as on diaries and letters, Alex Kershaw's book focuses
on several remarkable individuals and families to tell one of the most
poignant stories of World War II--the story of one small American town
that went to war and died on Omaha Beach.
Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x
9.33 x 6.28
Publisher: DaCapo Press; (April 15, )
ISBN: 0306811677
Before
Their Time : A Memoir
Robert Kotlowitz
A memoir recalls the author's experiences as a teenage infantryman
in the U.S. Third Army during World War II, from a disastrous training
exercise that left twenty fellow recruits dead to the massacre of his platoon
in France.
Paperback |
A Bridge Too Far
by Cornelius Ryan
An account of a significant World War II battle discusses the airborne
struggles at Arnhem and documents the related human issues with the words
of Dutch civilians, British and American strategists, common soldiers,
and commanders.
Listed under Germany 1944-1945
Ardennes 1944 : Hitler's Last Gamble in the West
by James R. Arnold
Listed under Battle of the Bulge
After
D-Day : Operation Cobra and the Normandy Breakout (The Art of War)
by James Jay Carafano
Hardcover
Lynne Rienner Publishers; ISBN: 1555878857
American
Warriors : Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers Prior to Normandy
by Michel De Trez
Covers the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions and their assault
on Normandy. Many rare and previously unpublished images. Dropbears.com
Hardcover - 212 pages
D Day Pub; ISBN: 2960017609
Band
of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to
Hitler's Eagle's Nest
by Stephen E. Ambrose
They fought on Utah Beach, in Arnhem, Bastogne, the Bulge; they spearheaded
the Rhine offensive and took possession of Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden.
This gripping depiction of Easy Company re-creates some of the most critical
moments of WWII and offers insights into the commanders and regular soldiers.
However, at least one knowledgeable reviewer pans this oral history as
being fraught with factual errors, exaggerations and bias to the point
of slander.
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Battle : The Story of the Bulge
by John Toland, Carlo D'Este (Introduction)
Listed under Battle of the Bulge
The
Bloody Battle for Tilly : Normandy 1944
by Ken Tout
The author served with Royal Armoured Corps during the Normandy battles.
Hardcover - 256 pages (November )
Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 0750924756
The Bitter Woods
The Dramatic Story, told at all echelons- from Supreme Command to squad
leader- of the crisis that shook the western coalition.
by John S. D. Eisenhower
Listed under Battle of the Bulge
A Blood-Dimmed Tide : The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought
It
by Gerald Astor
Listed under Battle of the Bulge
Conduct
Unbecoming : The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy
by Howard Margolian
Hardcover - 336 pages
Univ of Toronto Pr (Trd); ISBN: 0802042139
Crusade in Europe
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Listed under Eisenhower
Closing
With the Enemy : How GIs Fought the War in Europe, 1944-1945
by Michael D. Doubler
Paperback Reissue edition
Univ Pr of Kansas; ISBN: 0700607447
Currahee!
by Donald R. Burgett
This acknowledged classic vividly portrays the tragic chaos of war
accompanied by incredible acts of heroism in the midst of death and destruction.
Hardcover - 256 pages (September 1, )
Presidio Pr; ISBN: 0891416811 |
Currahee!
: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy
by Donald R. Burgett,
Paperback)
Campaign
100: D-Day 1944 (1) Omaha Beach
by Howard Gerrard, Steven J. Zaloga
The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the largest amphibious military
operation ever mounted. The greatest armada the world had ever seen was
assembled to transport the Allied invasion force across the Channel and
open the long-awaited second front against Hitler’s Third Reich. Of the
landings on the five assault beaches, Omaha Beach was the only one ever
in doubt. Within moments of the first wave landing a third of the assault
troops were casualties. Yet by the end of D-Day the Atlantic Wall had been
breached and the US Army’s V Corps was firmly entrenched on French soil.
Paperback from Osprey Publishing
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A Dark and Bloody Ground : The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River
Dams, 1944-1945
by Edward G. Miller
Listed under Battle of the Bulge
Dawn
of D-Day: These Men Were There, 6th June 1944
by David Howarth
(Paperback)
The Desert Fox in Normandy : Rommel's Defense of Fortress Europe
December 1943 to July 17, 1944
Samuel W Mitcham., Jr
Listed under Books on Rommel
Eclipse
by Alan Moorehead
Moorehead was a leading war correspondent and is the author of many
well received books. Eclipse, the code name for the final operation
of the war, covers the landings in Sicily, the Normandy invasion, and the
march to the Rhine and into Germany. Dropbears.com
(Paperback)
Eisenhower's
Lieutenants : The Campaign of France and Germany 1944-1945
by Russell F. Weigley
Paperback Reprint edition (September 1990)
Indiana Univ Pr; ISBN: 0253206081
Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy (Joanne Goodman Lectures,
)
by Terry Copp
Listed under Canadians at War
Fighting
in Normandy : The German Army from D-Day to Villers-Bocage
by Heinz Guderian (Editor), et al
(Hardcover)
Fighting
the Invasion : The German Army at D-Day
by Gunther Blumentritt (Editor), et al
(Hardcover)
Fighting
With the Screaming Eagles : With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne
by Robert Bowen, et al
(Hardcover)
A
Fine Night for Tanks : The Road to Falaise
by Ken Tout
On 7 August 1944, the Canadian Army, reinforced with British Army units,
sent four armored columns south of Caen to close the Falaise Gap. Driving
through the night, the British tanks reached their objectives behind
German lines and linked up with their Canadian compatriots. In the German
counter-attack that followed, the British smashed the elite Tiger-equipped
Wittman Troop. Using eyewitness accounts from tank crews and infantry,
Ken Tout reveals how "Totalize" was a resounding Allied success. The
Publisher.
Hardcover - 192 pages
Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 075091730X |
First
Airborne Task Force : Pictorial History of the Allied Paratroopers in the
Invasion of Southern France
by Michel De Trez
Hardcover - 500 pages (December )
D Day Pub; ISBN: 2960017625
From Normandy to the Ruhr: With the 116th Panzer Division in WWII
by Heinz Günther Guderian
Listed under Panzers
G
Company's War : Two Personal Accounts of the Campaigns in Europe, 1944-1945
by Bruce E. Egger, Lee MacMillan Otts, Paul Roley (Editor)
Paperback - 304 pages (March )
Univ. of Alabama Press; ISBN: 0817309780
The
Greatest Generation
by Tom Brokaw
Veteran reporter and NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw went to France
to make a documentary marking the 40th anniversary of D-day in 1984. Although
he was thoroughly briefed on the historical background of the invasion,
he was totally unprepared for how it would affect him emotionally. Flooded
with childhood memories of World War II, Brokaw began asking veterans at
the ceremony to revisit their past and talk about what happened, triggering
a chain reaction of war-torn confessions and Brokaw's compulsion to capture
their experiences in what he terms "the permanence a book would represent."
Hardcover - 412 pages (December )
Random House; ISBN: 0375502025 |
Hell
on Wheels: the 2nd Armored Division
Donald E. Houston
Paperback - 466 pages Reprint edition
Presidio Pr; ISBN: 0891412735
Hitler's Last Gamble : The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January
1945
by Trevor Nevitt Dupuy, David L. Bongard (Contributor), Richard C.
Anderson
(Contributor)
Listed under Battle of the Bulge
If
You Survive
by George Wilson
Of all the men and officers who started out in Company F of the 4th
Infantry Division with him, Wilson was the only one who finished. In the
end, he felt not like a conqueror or a victor, but an exhausted survivor,
left with nothing but his life -- and his emotions. If You Survive
- One of the great first-person accounts of the making of a combat veteran,
in the last, most violent months of World War II.
The Publisher
Paperback Reissue edition (July 1987)
Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804100039 |
The
Invasion of France and Germany 1944 - 1945 (History of United States Naval
Operations in World War II, 11)
by Samuel Eliot Morison
This spectacular fifteen-volume series that charts the U.S. Naval operations during World War II with an insider's perspective. Morison, a Harvard professor, was given a special rank and writing post by FDR. He had active duty aboard eleven different ships, allowing him to witness many crucial battles in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Volume Eleven recounts the part played by the United States and Allied naval forces in the final victorious offensive against Germany. Filled with many maps and file photographs.
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Hardcover - 360 pages ISBN:0785813128
Invasion!
They're Coming! : The German Account of the D-Day Landings and the 80 Days'
Battle for France (Schiffer Military History)
by Paul Carell, David Johnston (Translator)
Hardcover
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; ISBN: 0887407161
Special Order
The Last Battle
Cornelius Ryan
Listed under Germany 1944-1945
The
Longest Day : June 6, 1944
Cornelius Ryan
A true classic of World War II history, The Longest Day tells the story
of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Journalist
Cornelius Ryan began working on the book in the mid-1950s, while the memories
of the D-day participants were still fresh, and he spent three years interviewing
D-day survivors in the United States and Europe. Amazon.com
This classic bestseller ... offers a brilliant, authentic, gripping
account of the hours that preceded and followed the Allied invasion of
Normandy. "Fifty years from now the history of D-Day, I am sure, will lean
heavily on this book."
John Toland, New York Times Book Review.
Paperback - 350 pages Reprint edition
Touchstone Books; ISBN: 0671890913 |
The
Liberation of Pointe Du Hoc : The 2d Rangers at Normandy, June 6-8, 1944
by Joanna M. McDonald
Paperback - 200 pages (April )
Rank & File Pub; ISBN: 1888967064
Lorrainne
1944 : Patton Vs Manteuffel (Campaign
Series, 75)
by Stephen J. Zaloga.
In the wake of the defeat in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Hitler
planned to stymie the Allied advance by cutting off Patton's Third Army
in the Lorraine with a great panzer offensive. But Patton's aggressive
tactics continue to thwart German plans and led to a series of violent
armored battles. Amazon.com
Paperback - 96 pages
Osprey Pub Co; ISBN: 184176089
Michelin
Battle of Normandy Map No.102
(Map)
Normandy
1944
by Osprey Military
Paperback - 96 pages (April )
Osprey Pub Co; ISBN: 1855329492 |
Normandy,
1944 : Allied Landings and Breakout (Osprey Campaign Series, 1)
by Stephen Badsey
Paperback - 96 pages (August 1990)
Osprey Pub Co; ISBN: 0850459214
The
Normandy Campaign: 6 June-25 August 1944
by Victor Brooks
(Hardcover)
Omaha
Beach : A Flawed Victory
by Adrian R. Lewis
(Hardcover)
On
Time, On Target
by John D. McKenzie
Covers Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Bulge and the March to
the Rhine.
Hardcover - 304 pages (May 15, )
Presidio Pr; ISBN: 0891417141
101st
Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy
by Mark A. Bando
(Hardcover)
Operation
Cobra 1944 : Breakout from Normandy (Campaign
Series, 88)
by Steven J. Zaloga, Tony Bryan (Illustrator)
(Paperback)
Our
Finest Day : D-Day : June 6, 1944
by Mark Bowden, foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose
A handsome scrapbook of the invasion producied in conjuction with the
National D-Day Museum in New Orleans.
Hardcover: 32 pages
Chronicle Books; ISBN: 0811830500; (April )
Patton's
Tank Drive : D-Day to Victory
Michael Green
Paperback - 160 pages (November )
Motorbooks International; ISBN: 0760301638
Pegasus
Bridge
by Stephen E. Ambrose
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British
airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for
the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement
of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. This book recounts the initial
airborne mission, detailing the mission's preparations, hand-to-hand fighting,
heroics, and importance.
Paperback - Simon & Schuster Inc November, 1988
The Road to Arnhem : A Screaming Eagle in Holland
by Donald R. Burgett
Listed under Germany 1944-1945
Roll
Me over : An Infantryman's World War II
by Raymond Gantter
Paperback - 397 pages 1 Ed edition
Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804116059
Rudder's
Rangers : The True Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion D-Day Combat Action
by Ronald L. Lane
Paperback - 201 pages reissue edition (June 1, )
Ranger Assoc; ISBN: 0934588007
SAS : With the Maquis : In Action With the French Resistance June-September
1944
by Ian Wellsted
Listed under French Resistance
Seven
Roads to Hell : A Screaming Eagle at Bastogne
by Donald R. Burgett
Hardcover - 256 pages
Presidio Pr; ISBN: 0891416803
Six
Armies in Normandy : From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris
by John Keegan
Paperback - 365 pages Reprint edition
Penguin USA
(Paper); ISBN: 0140235426
Spearheading
D-Day : American Special Units of the Normandy Invasion
by Jonathan Gawne
Hardcover - 288 pages (March )
Histoire & Collections; ISBN: 2908182793
Steel
Inferno; 1st SS Panzer Corps in Normandy
Michael Reynolds
Due to poor intelligence and a divided command, Germany's elite Panzer
divisions weren't present at the beaches during the Allied invasion of
France on D-Day in June, 1944. When the German Panther and Tiger tanks
finally arrived, they sought a battle of annihilation and engaged the Allies
in some of the most intense battles of the war. Ingram
Paperback 320 pages
Dell Publishing; August 1998; ISBN: 0440225965 |
A Time for Trumpets : The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge
by Charles B. MacDonald
Listed under Battle of the Bulge
A Traveler's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (The Travellers
Guides to the Battles & Battlefields of WWII)
by Carl Shilleto, Mike Tolhurst
Listed under Travel Books:
France
Voices
of D-Day : The Story of the Allied Invasion Told by Those Who Were There
by Ronald J. Drez
An oral history of 150 British, American and Canadian veterans of Operation
Overlord.
Paperback
Louisiana State Univ Pr; ISBN: 0807120812
Normandy
: Omaha Beach
(Battleground Europe Series)
by Kilvert Jones, Tim Kilvert-Jones
(Paperback)
Nijmegen
: Grave and Groesbeek : US 82nd Airborne and Guards Armoured Division
(Battleground Europe Series: Market
Garden)
by Tim Saunders
(Paperback)
Hell's
Highway : US 101st Airborne & Guards Armoured Division
(Battleground Europe Series:Market
Garden)
by Tim Saunders
(Paperback)
Normandy
: Pegasus Bridge and Merville Battery
(Battleground Europe Series)
by Carl Shilleto
(Paperback)
Utah
Beach : Normandy
(Battleground Europe Series)
by Carl Shilleto
(Paperback)
Normandy
: Gold Beach; Inland from King
(Battleground Europe Series)
by Christopher Dunphie, et al
(Paperback)
Parachute
Infantry : An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the
Third Reich
by David Kenyon Webster, Stephen E. Ambrose (Introduction)
Paperback - 288 pages Reprint edition
Louisiana State Univ Pr; ISBN: 080712222X
Special Order
Normandy to the Bulge : An American Infantry GI in Europe During
World War II
by Richard D. Courtney, Jr. William A. Foley
Hardcover - 208 pages (December )
Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd); ISBN: 0809320843
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Invasion 1944 : Rommel and the Normandy Campaign
Hans Speidel
Hardcover / Published 1981
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It Never Snows in September
The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem, September
1944
by Robert J. Kershaw
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The 101st Airborne at Normandy
by Mark A. Bando
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The 101st Airborne: From Holland to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
by Mark Bando
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Bastogne : The Story of the First Eight Days in Which the 101st Airborne
Division Was Closed Within the Ring of German Forces
by Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
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