Antony Beevor – D-Day: The Battle For Normandy

Scotsman“The only thing wrong, is the title...” It is clear from the outset that he succeeds, to a remarkable degree, in catching the sense of scale that marked out one of the decisive campaigns of history...

Book Bag“Not yet reviewed.”

The New Yorker“Not yet reviewed.”

The New York Times“Not yet reviewed.”

The Times“Brilliant human touches...” Beevor tells it all with the soldier’s eye for what matters on the ground as much as with the historian’s for the broader understanding of events...

The Independent“Where there is an archive, there is Beevor...” He characterises the battle for Normandy as a battle of attrition – a telling counter to the swashbuckling and bagpiping of legend – and gives a scrupulous accounting of its casual savagery...

Publishers Weekly“Not yet reviewed.”

Guardian“Impossible not to get caught up in the excitement...” The pleasure of this book lies in the vividness of an episodic narrative, backed up by judicious use of quotation. The action never lets up...

Financial Times“The ebb and flow of the campaign on both sides...” Where this book scores most heavily is that it tells a thrilling story, with all Beevor’s narrative mastery of awesomely complex detail...

The Telegraph“Beevor does not disappoint...” Only about half of the book is about D-Day itself, but Beevor maintains the tension throughout, while pointing out how, by mid-1944, the quality of some German units in France was pretty low...