The Normandy Campaign, 1944 - A Selected Bibliography

The Normandy campaign in the summer of 1944 was perhaps the most important battle of the twentieth century. It decided the fate of Nazi Germany. This historiographical narrative critically assesses the important literature on the campaign and offers the most comprehensive bibliography on the subject to date. This research guide is easily accessible, with cross-references between the text and the bibliography and a full index. It has been developed for use in public, college, university, and institutional libraries and to serve military historians and history buffs interested in D-Day.

The narrative provides a brief historical background, describes ten different types of sources for conducting research on the Normandy campaign and then looks at sources concerned with the Second Front, Overlord, air and naval preparations, Operation Fortitude, D-Day, and the Battle for Normandy, before pointing to trends and future research needs. The second part of the book lists 539 works on the Normandy campaign, including references, bibliographies, guides, dissertations, books, documents, and magazine articles. The emphasis is on English-language works, but the most significant French and German materials are included also.

List of contents

Preface
Narrative and Historiographical Survey
Historical Background
Sources for Research on the Normandy Campaign
The Second Front
Planning for OVERLORD
Air and Naval Preparations
Operation FORTITUDE
D-Day, June 6, 1944
The Battle for Normandy
Trends in Future Research
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Colin F. Baxter

Product details

• Authors: Colin F. Baxter, Baxter Colin F.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.1992
• EAN: 9780313283017
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28301-7
• Series: Bibliographies of Battles and Leaders
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, Bibliographies, catalogues, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater