The 12th SS and Paul Hardcastle

[Crossroads]

I finished reading the Steel Inferno. General Reynold did a great job in giving an unbiased soldier's view of the hard fighting at Normandy. I quite enjoyed the book.

What I especially liked was the way he combined strategic, operational and at times even tactical analysis with quotes from the both sides. If it not would have been for the utterly useless maps in the book, and perhaps a rushed feeling towards the end, I actually would have considered giving it a five star ranking. As it is, it is a four star book IMHO.

To The Bitter End seems to be much more unfinished object of work. I have not really got into reading it, unlike the Steel Inferno, which I basically read non-stop over the weekend.