The following is a list of all sources used by the author for the Normandy Campaign Project. It will be updated as necessary during the research and writing.
Print Sources
Band of Brothers
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
D-Day: June 6, 1944
The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1944-1945
The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II -
Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis - The second volume of a biography of the German dictator, providing insight into the Fuhrerhauptquartier during the invasion
Inside the Third Reich - An autobiography of German Armaments Minister Albert Speer, this provides an insider account, although it must be remembered the author had a vested interest in concealing his guilt in both the crimes and failure of National Socialism
The Invasion Before Normandy: The Secret Battle of Slapton Sands
Memoirs of the Second World War
Monty: The Lonely Leader, 1944-1945
Overlord
Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Roosevelt’s Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
The Second Most Powerful Man in the World
The Second World War
Six Armies in Normandy
The Third Reich at War - The third volume of a general history of Nazi Germany, providing some context into the German perspective on the macro scale.
Voices of D-Day
The War Between the Generals: Inside the Allied High Command
Online Sources
Cross-Channel Attack -
Normandy -
St. Lo -
Utah Beach to Cherbourg -
Omaha Beachhead -
Video Sources
June 6, 1944 - The Light of Dawn -
Veterans Describe What it was Really Like to be a Soldier on D-Day -
Image Sources
US National Archives - Contains large numbers of photographs of Manila during the US/Commonwealth era.
Wikimedia Commons - Contains a vast number of photographs in an easily searchable format with clear licensing information.
US Naval History and Heritage Command - Containing various photographs of Operation Neptune and related activites