Sunday, February 19, 2017

Stout Hearts: The British and Canadians in Normandy 1944, Ben Kite

Stout Hearts: The British and Canadians in Normandy 1944, Ben Kite. 
Looks in detail at the role of each element in the British and Canadian military machine during the Normandy Campaign, including each aspect of the ground forces from the infantry to the armour, intelligence, reconnaissance and medical services, as well as the air support and the fire power provided by the massive Allied fleets off the Normandy coast. A very useful companion to narrative accounts of the campaign, helping to explain how the British and Canadians managed to overcome the determined German resistance on their front
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