Review: Fantastic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 13, 2013
I have only recently discovered Jeff Shaara. I have read nearly every book on the subject of D Day etc but I loved these books. Not only do they give the reader a good account of the factual history of the campaigns they take the reader into the headquarters, fox holes and barracks of the participants. Shaara does a wonderful job of his interpretations of what the conversations must have been like between Patton and Eisenhower, Rommel and Hitler and basic soldier to basic soldier. I was enthralled with his interpretation and I believe it could have been word for word as to what actually took place. The way he imbedded fictitious soldiers into the story and their trials and tribulations was excellent. We all know that a lot of planning went into these operations but the conversations and the mechanics of the planning was very real. As an Australian I was also very impressed that Shaara was able to make a distinction between the Australian Army and the British Army and its contribution to the war in North Africa against Rommel and the Italians. I am now looking forward to reading the Pacific War series and I eagerly await the Korean War series. Well done Jeff. If you are into the history of WW2, do your self a favour and buy these books