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 for 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