On D-Day what did the Germans know?

When it comes to D-Day and the German Perspective there are a few bits out there, but the sources are sometimes lacking. So, for this, we will be looking at some proper sources namely, the situation report of Operations Staff of the Wehrmacht and the war diary of the 7th German Army.

Cover design by vonKickass.

»» SUPPORT MHV ««
» paypal donation -
» patreon -
» subscribe star -
» Book Wishlist

»» MERCHANDISE ««
» teespring -


» SOURCES «

Mehner, Kurt (Hrsg.): Die geheimen Tagesberichte der Deutschen Wehrmachtführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945. Band 10: 1. März 1944 – 31. August 1944, Biblio Verlag: Osnabrück, 1985.

Schramm, Percy E.: (Hrsg.): Kriegstagebuch des OKW 1944-1945. Teilband I. Eine Dokumentation. Bechtermünz: 2005.
Amazon.de (affiliate):

Lieb, Peter: Unternehmen Overlord. Die Invasion in der Normandie und die Befreiung Westeuropas. C.H. Beck: München, 2014.
Amazon.de (affiliate):

Horst Boog, Gerhard Krebs, Detlef Vogel: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Band 7. Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive – Strategischer Luftkrieg in Europa, Krieg im Westen und in Ostasien 1943 bis 1944/45, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 2001.
amazon.de (affiliate):
Germany and the Second World War. Volume 7. The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia 1943–1944/5. 2006.
amazon.com (affiliate):

Citino, Robert M.: The Wehrmacht’s Last Stand. The German Campaigns of 1944-1945. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2017.
Amazon.com (affiliate):
Amazon.de (affiliate):

Fennell, Jonathan: Fighting the People’s War. The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2019
Amazon.com (affiliate):
Amazon.de (affiliate):

Harrison, Gordon A.: Cross-Channel Attack. United States army in World War II. Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington D.C., 1993

Blumenson, Martin: Breakout and Pursuit. United States army in World War II. Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington D.C., 1993

Messenger, Charles: The D-Day Atlas. Anatomy of the Normandy Campaign, Thames & Hudson: London, 2014 (2004).
Amazon.com (affiliate):
Amazon.de (affiliate):

Penrose, Jane (ed.): The D-Day Companion. Leading Historians explore history’s greatest amphibious assault. Osprey Publishing: Oxford 2009 (2004).
Amazon.com (affiliate):
Amazon.de (affiliate):

Töppel, Roman: Kursk 1943. The Greatest Battle of the Second World War. Helion: Warwick, UK: 2018.
amazon.com (affiliate link):
amazon.de (affiliate link):


Document for June 6th: D-day statement to soldiers, sailor, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6/44


The Invasion of France, June 6, 1944, House of Commons



» DISCLAIMER «
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Käufen.


#DDay #GermanPerspective #ww2

Military History,Military History Visualized,History,Visualized,mhv,D-Day the German Perspective,German Perspective,WW2,On D-Day what did the Germans know?,What did the Germans know on D-Day,world war ii,normandy landings,Invasion of France,Normandy 1944,utah beach,normandy invasion,d-day normandy,german perspective of d day,german perspective on d-day,