By James Balkoski
Published By Stackpole Books
Year Published 2004
Book Format - Soft cover
Summary
This book is how history should be recorded and is all you would want to know about D-Day at “Bloody” Omaha beach.The author provides a good mix of first hand accounts and through storytelling. He narrates a comprehensive account of the events on D-Day. He goes through painstaking details to explain all of the terms, abbreviations, and unit designations so that the reader has a better understanding. This book details the actions of a few “higher ups’ who acted directly in the field, that changed from a plan that nearly failed to one that saved the invasion.
Notes - Some wear and tear on cover.
By James Balkoski
Published By Stackpole Books
Year Published 2004
Book Format - Soft cover
Summary
This book is how history should be recorded and is all you would want to know about D-Day at “Bloody” Omaha beach.The author provides a good mix of first hand accounts and through storytelling. He narrates a comprehensive account of the events on D-Day. He goes through painstaking details to explain all of the terms, abbreviations, and unit designations so that the reader has a better understanding. This book details the actions of a few “higher ups’ who acted directly in the field, that changed from a plan that nearly failed to one that saved the invasion.
Notes - Some wear and tear on cover.
