D-Day book recommendations please

Gwylan said:

Not read it yet, but I'm sure Anthony Beevor's book will be worthwhile. His books on Stalingrad and Berlin we're absolutely superb

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GoldstoneGirl said:

I've been a regular viewer on here for a while-but when I saw this thread, felt the need to write my first post! I can recommend a book called 'The Devil's Own Luck' by Denis Edwards. Published by Pen & Sword and recently available on e-books too. It's the story of a 19year old sniper who was in the first glider to land at Pegasus Bridge just after midnight on 6th June. Against all orders he kept a diary of all the heroic events over the following weeks. After nearly 50 years of publisher rejections, he finally got his diary published in 1999.

How do I know this? I'm very proud to say that he was my late father, a keen Albion supporter through the late 60's to the early 90's,
and a regular at the Goldstone. I guess I'm biased, but think you'll find this a fascinating read!

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Norman Potting said:

Just read "Zig Zag" by him - if had been fiction it would have been thought far fetched, but this guy actually existed and surprisingly lived to a ripe old age despite his many "scrapes" and a life lived with a general disregard for the law. His "Double Cross" book is excellent, and on a similar theme Joshua Levine's "Operation Fortitude".

If you want someting covering the bigger picture then "Churchill's Wizards" - The British Genius For Deception 1914-45 is very readable. For a nation allegedly with a sense of fair play the British were very good at "not cheating fairly" as my old Grandad used to say.

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