This book examines the experience of two British Infantry
Divisions, the 43rd (Wessex) and 53rd (Welsh), during the Overlord
campaign in Northwest Europe. To understand the way the British
fought during Operation Overlord, the book considers the political
and military factors between 1918 and 1943 before addressing the
major battles and many of the minor engagements and day-to-day
experiences of the campaign. Through detailed exploration of unit
war diaries and first-hand accounts, Louis Devine demonstrates how
Montgomery's way of war translated to the divisions and their sub
units. While previous literature has suggested that the British
Army fought a cautious war in order to avoid the heavy casualties
of the First World War, Devine challenges this concept by showing
that the Overlord Campaign fought at sub-divisional levels was
characterised by command pressure to achieve results quickly, hasty
planning and a reliance on massive artillery and mortar
contributions to compensate for deficiencies in anti-tank and
armoured support. By following two British infantry divisions over
a continuous period and focusing on soldiers' experience to offer a
perspective 'from below', as well as challenging the consensus of a
'cautious' British campaign, this book provides a much-needed
re-examination of the Overlord campaign which will be of great
interest to students and scholars of the Second World War and
modern military history in general.
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