Antony Beevor on Platoons (and me on Planning) Antony Beevor, a British Military historian who has just written his new book “D-Day:The Battle for Normandy”. Beevor , in a fascinating profile for the book in The Weekend Australian review (August 15-16 by Peter Wilson) noted that: “within a platoon (30 men) a small handful actually do the fighting, a few … Read More