My daughter gave me Zuehlke’s book for father’s day, and have read it. It deals only with D-Day. There is nothing new it, but, he dose bring the information together into a more coherent story and detailed story.
However, there are numerous errors in the book, especially when he is describing equipment. Here are a few:
“This model Spitfire [Mk IX] mounted two .303 Browning machine guns in each wing,…” [p59]
“a turretless Churchill tank chassis provided the platform for the Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineer (AVRE). This versatile device mounted a short-barrelled 12-inch demolition gun called a petard, …” [p44]
I could not find the exact quotes , but at one point he describes the Stuart’s used by the recce troops as being turretless, but contradicts himself later in the book. Also he describes the Panzer IV’s of the 21st Pz Div. as all having the short 75mm gun.
Also near the very beginning [p20] he gives the impression that the 1st CID arrived in England in December 1940.
It looks like the book was rushed to print and was not proof read.
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