OT: Books on the Normandy campaign

[Panther Bait]

Steel Inferno by Michael Reynolds

It's more about the British attempts to take Caen and breakout from Normandy than the actual invasion and centered around the role of the 1st SS Panzer Corps. Overall, I liked Reynolds writing style a lot.

P.S. Bring your own maps though. From what I remember, the maps in the book were pretty sparse/bad. Not as big a deal these days, as you can have better maps open on a tablet or other device while you read.

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: Panther Bait

Steel Inferno by Michael Reynolds

It's more about the British attempts to take Caen and breakout from Normandy than the actual invasion and centered around the role of the 1st SS Panzer Corps. Overall, I liked Reynolds writing style a lot.

P.S. Bring your own maps though. From what I remember, the maps in the book were pretty sparse/bad. Not as big a deal these days, as you can have better maps open on a tablet or other device while you read.

I'm a big fan of Reynolds work and highly recommend it.

He was a commander of NATO troops stationed in Belgium and developed and interest in the battles that took place there, deciding to write about them.

His books that cover the Bulge are excellent.

I highly recommend the following titles by him:

Men of Steel
Sons of the Reich
The Devil's Adjutant

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: Panther Bait

Steel Inferno by Michael Reynolds

It's more about the British attempts to take Caen and breakout from Normandy than the actual invasion and centered around the role of the 1st SS Panzer Corps. Overall, I liked Reynolds writing style a lot.

P.S. Bring your own maps though. From what I remember, the maps in the book were pretty sparse/bad. Not as big a deal these days, as you can have better maps open on a tablet or other device while you read.

I can also recommend Steel Inferno...Great writing and these poor guys immediately came under fire from German Tiger 88's.

[HansBolter]

Here is one by Reynolds that I haven't read, but appears to be just what you're looking for:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1126 ... mandy_1944

[KenchiSulla]

Finished beyond the beachhead. Enjoyed it. Purchased the volume on the Brest campaign which is equally impressive. What a slugfest... i have six armies on standby. I will have to look into a few books from the german perspective

[Panther Bait]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Here is one by Reynolds that I haven't read, but appears to be just what you're looking for:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1126 ... mandy_1944

Thanks Hans, I've never heard of that one. Men of Steel, Sons of the Reich, and Devil's Adjutant have been on my reading list for a while. Now I have another addition.

Mike

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Six Armies In Normandy (Keegan)

Many years since I read it but this, iirc, is pretty damn good.

This one came recommended when I went went looking a while back...

[bush]

Another vote for Steel Inferno.

[JDL]

For a view from the other side try Panzer commander by hans von luck. It covers his whole war service which included the Normandy campaign.

[sprior]

This is a good back about the British experiences around Caen: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caen-Anvil-Vic ... of+victory

As an fyi he was also involved in the raising of the Mary Rose.