D-Day & Normandy
Normandy at unit level: the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry series follows one regiment from the beaches through the bocage, and McManus on Overlord's weather crisis covers the most consequential forecast in military history. Less beach mythology, more what the fighting actually demanded.
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