Utah Beach
by Joseph Balkoski |
Decision in Normandy
by Carlo D'Este |
Neptune
by Craig L. Symonds | 
Eisenhower's Lieutenants
by Russell F. Weigley |
Touched with Fire
by Eric M. Bergerud |
The Last Ridge
by Mckay Jenkins |
Brazen Chariots
by Robert Crisp |
The Bedford Boys
by Alex Kershaw | 
Closing with the Enemy
by Michael D. Doubler | 
The Ultimate Battle
by Bill Sloan |
Panzer Battles
by F. W. Mellenthin | 
Tigers in the Mud
by Otto Carius | 
The Desert Generals
by Correlli Barnett |
Overlord
by Max Hastings | 
Beyond Valor
by Patrick K. O'Donnell |
Beyond the Beachhead
by Joseph Balkoski | 
13 Hours
by Mitchell Zuckoff | 
The Guns at Last Light
by Rick Atkinson | 
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
by Tony Horwitz | 
Indianapolis
by Lynn Vincent |
Balkoski's depiction of 'Bloody Omaha' is the literary accompaniment to the white-knuckle Omaha Beach scene that opens Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. -- John Hillen, New York PostIn this unforgettable narrative of D-Day, Joseph Balkoski describes the minute-by-minute combat as it unfolded on Omaha Beach, allowing soldiers to speak for themselves as they recall their attempts to maneuver bombers through heavy cloud cover, the claustrophobic terror aboard transports, and the relentless fire that greeted them on the beach. Equal parts oral history and meticulous reconstruction, Omaha Beach is the closest the modern reader can get to experiencing the Normandy landings firsthand.