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After quite a few years of reading, writing and scenario design for numerous games, I've come up with a list of favorites for me personally. This might be of help to you.

Wild Bill

The US Army in World War II Series, publisher: US Govt Printing Office

Cross Channel Attack

Breakout and Pursuit

Siegfried Line

Riviera to the Rhine

Lorraine Campaign

Battle of the Bulge

The Last Offensive

GENERAL

There’s a War to be Won, Perret

Delivered from Evil, Leckie

Heroes of World War II, Murphy

Battles and Battlescenes from WW2

Daring to Win, Eshel

Bravery in Battle, Eshel

Tank Aces, Zumbro

Tank Aces, Forty

Iron Cavalry, Zumbro

Tank Commanders, Forty

Clash of Chariots, Donnely and Naylor

D-Day

Operation Overlord Series (4), Order of Battle, Christopher Chant, editor

Swords and Plowshares, Maxwell D. Taylor

The 101st Airborne at Normandy, Bando

Band of Brothers, Ambrose

Overlord, Hastings

D-Day, Ambrose

NORMANDY

Panzertruppen II, Jentz

Churchill’s Desert Rats-Normandy to Berlin, Delaforce

Invasion! They’re Coming, Carell

Panzers in Normandy, Then and Now, Lefevre

Normandy, Essame

Death Traps, Cooper

Beyond the Beachhead, Balkoski

Six Armies in Normandy, Keegan

Steel Inferno, Reynolds

The 12th SS Panzer Division, Walther

The Blood Soaked Soil, Williamson

Hell on Wheels, Houston

Strike Swiftly, Jensen

FRANCE

The View from the Turret, Folkestad

St. Lo, Us Army Historical Division

The Clay Pigeons of St. Lo, Johns

Against the Panzers, Karamales

MARKET GARDEN-WEST WALL

Operation Dragoon, Bruer

Death of a Nazi Army, Bruer

August, 1944, Miller

A Bridge too Far, Ryan

Division Commander, Miller

THE ARDENNES

A Dark and Bloody Ground, Miller

Battle of the Bulge, Parker

Bastogne, the First Eight Days, Marshall

Hitler’s Last Gamble, Dupuy

The Devil’s Adjutant, Reynolds

A Time for Trumpets, MacDonald

A Blood Dimmed Tide, Astor

Bastogne and the Ardennes Offensive, Arend

FINAL BATTLES

Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, Whiting

One More River, Allen

These have all proven to be a big help to me.

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Wild Bill

Lead Tester

Scenario Design Team

Combat Mission-Beyond Overlord

billw@matrixgames.com

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As to Movies, there are so many that can relate to the time period of CMBO. Here are a few...

The Longest Day

D-Day, 6th of June

Big Red One

The Victors

Hell is for Heroes

Breathrough

Patton

Battleground (Bulge)

When Trumpets Fade (Hurtgen)

Attack

A Bridge too Far

Battle of the Bulge

The Tanks are Coming

Kelly's Heroes

Some are semi-documentary type - others are pure fiction.

Some good documentaries, well worth watching are:

Battleground ( a series of 12)

--Battle of Normandy

--Battle of the Rhine

D-Day (series of 3)

Crusade in Europe (about 20 episodes based on the writings of DD Eisenhower)

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Wild Bill

Lead Tester

Scenario Design Team

Combat Mission-Beyond Overlord

billw@matrixgames.com

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