Further Readings
Those who wish to study the Normandy Campaign in more detail
will find a number of volumes in the U.S. Army in World War II series, produced
by the U.S. Army Center of Military History, particularly useful. Gordon A.
Harrison, Cross-Channel-Attack (1951), remains a basic source, but a number of
other studies bear heavily upon the operation. They include Robert W. Coakley
and Richard M. Leighton, Global Logistics and Strategy (1968); Martin Blumenson,
Breakout and Pursuit (1961); Forrest C. Pogue, The Supreme Command (1954);
Roland G. Ruppenthal, Logistical Support of the Armies (1953); and Graham A.
Cosmas and Albert E. Cowdrey, The Medical Department: Medical Service in the
European Theater of Operations (1992). The Historical Division of the War
Department produced three volumes on the event. All have been reprinted by the
Center of Military History. Classified as the American Forces in Action series,
they are OMAHA Beachhead (6 June-13 June 1944) (1989); UTAH Beach to Cherbourg
(1990); and St. Lo (7 July-19 July 1944) (1984).
A number of abbreviated summaries have
been written. Among the most useful are Charles MacDonald, The Mighty Endeavor:
American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II (1969); and
Charles MacDonald and Martin Blumenson, 'Recovery of France,' in Vincent J.
Esposito, ed., A Concise History of World War II (1965).
Memoirs by Allied commanders contain
considerable information. Among the best are Omar N. Bradley, A Soldier's Story
(1951); Omar N. Bradley and Clay Blair, A General's Life (1983); Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Crusade in Europe (1948); Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, Normandy to
the Baltic (1948); and Sir Frederick Edgeworth Morgan, Overture to Overlord
(1950).
Almost as useful are biographies of
leading commanders. Among the most prominent are Stephen E. Ambrose, The Supreme
Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1970), and Eisenhower,
Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952 (1983); Nigel Hamilton,
Master of the Battlefield: Monty's War Years, 1942-1944 (1983); and Richard
Lamb, Montgomery in Europe, 1943-1945: Success or Failure (1984).
A number of general histories also
exist, many centering on the controversies that continue to surround the
campaign and its commanders. See, in particular, John Colby, War From the Ground
Up: The 90th Division in World War n (1989); Carlo D'Este, Decision in Normandy:
The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign (1983); Max Hastings,
Overlord, D-Day, June 6, 1944 (1984); John Keegan, Six Armies in Normandy: From
D-Day to the Liberation of Paris (1982); Russell F. Weigley, Eisenhower's
Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 1944-45 (1981); and Stephen T.
Powers, 'Battle of Normandy: The Lingering Controversy,' Journal of Military
History 56 (1992):455-71.
Journalists were among the foremost
observers of the invasion. Two studies of their work that stand out are Barney
Oldfield, Never a Shot in Anger (1956); and Richard Collier, Fighting Words: The
Correspondents of World War II (1989). CMH Pub 72-18
