Gary’s Reviews > Normandy ‘44: D-Day and the Battle for France > Status Update

Four chapters in and it's all been about some of the units and men who will have to face the monumental task before them – and the plans made by the generals, admirals and air marshals carrying the immense responsibility of sending those men to a highly dangerous place from where many thousands of them will not return.
Thankfully, it's a good plan – a very good plan, and they are confident they will prevail.

Some features of this book:
A) Lots of maps – yay!
B) Photos of many people mentioned, and not just generals but privates, sergeants and airmen as well;
C) One appendix shows the composition of Allied and German divisions, helping one understand how hard it was to move locations, and how they fought.
Today I have enjoyed studying these pages before getting into the main narrative. This is a great book.

Just on the Introduction. I am re-reading this book to compare it with Antony Beevor's excellent D-Day, the Battle for Normandy, which I have just finished. WWII is over, let the battle of the historians begin!

I have almost finished. Many of the pages are maps (hooray!), index, glossary, introduction, notes and sources.

This is a brilliant book.