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You are correct on the Atkinson book. It's basically just a simplified version of his The Guns at Last Light. It might have a little new material that got edited out of the longer book, but not much. It's a good, quick read though.

Just picked up Craig Symonds new D-Day book, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe, which promises to cover all the details leading up to D-Day. I really liked his book on Midway.

I've read the first three books you list (the Ambrose, Beevor and Ryan books) All very good books that should be on anyone's bookshelf who is interested on the subject.

BTW - thanks for the pointers on the Balkoski books. Just got them from Amazon. They are both topez ebooks, but hey, Calibre is your friend! Maybe Friday would be a good day to take off and read them!