I picked this up because I felt I ddin't know enough about D-Day.

Beevor can write. While the book is a miltary history, Beevor keeps intersting for none miltary historians by including touching little stories and details (like the hairstyle of American troops). He focuses not just on the armies but on the French civilians caught in the battle.

The book focuses on the whole battle to free most of France, it ends with the liberation of Paris. Beevor details the power struggles on both sides of the war and the effects that it had the plans of the army. (One wonders what would have happened if Hitler had let Rommel do what he wished).

The book seems to be a good overview of the conflict and is very easy read.