"Book on US operations in Europe in WWII?" Topic

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Lentulus	04 Jan 2020 3:33 p.m. PST
As a Canuck, I have of course read mostly on on Commonwealth operations. I'd like to read at a decent book on the US armies after Normandy (although including Normandy is not a problem) in France and Germany. Any recommendations on one volume readable "orientation" history?
Lentulus	04 Jan 2020 3:33 p.m. PST
As a Canuck, I have of course read mostly on on Commonwealth operations. I'd like to read at a decent book on the US armies after Normandy (although including Normandy is not a problem) in France and Germany. Any recommendations on one volume readable "orientation" history?
Lentulus	04 Jan 2020 3:33 p.m. PST
As a Canuck, I have of course read mostly on on Commonwealth operations. I'd like to read at a decent book on the US armies after Normandy (although including Normandy is not a problem) in France and Germany. Any recommendations on one volume readable "orientation" history?
Saber6	04 Jan 2020 3:38 p.m. PST
link LOTS of good reading
William Warner	04 Jan 2020 6:01 p.m. PST
I recommend "The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945" by Rick Atkinson. It's the third book of his "Liberation Trilogy" which covers the development of the U.S. Army through its experiences in Africa, Sicily, Italy and Western Europe. It's a really great read.
Thresher01	04 Jan 2020 9:13 p.m. PST
Can't recommend the government's Green Books highly enough.
Marc33594	05 Jan 2020 6:58 a.m. PST
Can't go wrong with the Green Books but since you specifically asked about a one volume readable source then the Atkinson book hands down.
Ed Mohrmann	05 Jan 2020 8:30 a.m. PST
The Atkinson for a one-volume work, yes. Else, the Green books, available on-line…
JAFD26	05 Jan 2020 10:21 p.m. PST
IMAO, Russell Weigley's _Eisenhower's Lieutenants_ is well worth reading. A two-volume edition was among '4 books for $1 USD' Military Book Club offers, way back when, mayhaps in used book sales you'll find.
Historydude18	08 Jan 2020 8:33 a.m. PST
For individual battles, I recommend Ardennes 1944, the Bitter Woods, Snow and Steel, The US army's battle for Charlemagne's city, Battle of the Hurtgen Forest and A Time for Trumpets, September Hope, and for Normandy After D-Day, Landing on the Edge of Eternity, and the books on Omaha and Utah Beach by Joseph Balkoski.

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