Introduction John Buckley 1. The 21st Army Group in Normandy: Towards a new balance sheet Terry Copp 2. The German perspective Mungo Melvin 3. The German commanders on D-Day Marc Hansen 4. Culture, controversy, Caen and Cherbourg: The first week of the battle Stephen Badsey 5. American tactical innovation in Normandy 1944 Nigel de Lee 6. British armoured operations in Normandy, June-August 1944 John Buckley 7. Operation BLUECOAT - A victory ignored? Ian Daglish 8. ‘The Black Day Unrealised’: Operation TOTALIZE and the problems of translating tactical success into a decisive breakout Stephen A. Hart 9. Dead cows and Tigers: Some aspects of the experience of the British soldier in Normandy 1944 Gary Sheffield 10. The Luftwaffe in Normandy James S. Corum 11. Arthur Tedder and the Transportation Plans Vincent Orange 12. Caen: The Martyred City Peter Gray 13. Deception and the Planning of D-Day Kathryn Barbier 14. Intelligence and OVERLORD: A snapshot from 6 June 1944 John Ferris 15. Reconstructing D-Day: The sixth of June 1944 and British documentary films Michael Paris 16. D-Day in Hollywood motion pictures: A brief history of changing perceptions of war Carsten Hennig Index
Biography
John Buckley
