Further reading

There is a huge range of books about D-Day and the Normandy campaign, and even more about the second world war in general, with new ones being published all the time. These are just a few of special interest to Time Team's visit to Gold Beach.

Gold Beach Jig Sector and West (Battleground Europe S) by Tim Saunders (Pen & Sword Books, 2002) paperback £19.99.

Normandy: Gold Beach: Inland from King, June 1944 (Battleground Europe S) by Christopher Dunphie and Gary Johnson (Pen & Sword Books, 1999) paperback £9.99.

Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy by Max Hastings (Pan Grand Strategy Series) paperback £7.99.

Imperial War Museum: The D-Day experience from the invasion to the liberation of Paris by Richard Holmes (Carlton Books, 2004) hardback £30.

Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the liberation of Paris by John Keegan (Pimlico, 1992) paperback £12.

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan (Cassell, 2004) paperback £6.99.

D-Day: 6 June 1944, the climactic battle of World War II by Stephen E Ambrose (Pocket Books, 1995) paperback £17.

Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to Normandy Landing Beaches by Tonie Holt and Valmie Holt (Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guides, 1999) paperback £14.95.

The D-day Landing Beaches: The guide by Georges Bernage (Heimdal Editions, 2001) paperback £9.95.

D-Day Atlas: Anatomy of the Normandy campaign by Charles Messenger (Thames and Hudson, 2004) £24.95.

Michelin Historical Map 102: Battle of Normandy (Michelin Travel Publications) £3.49.

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