1. Ryan prided himself on his factual accuracy, but did insist that a crucial skirmish took place at Ouistreham Casino, in fact destroyed by an RAF bombing raid in 1942. See Suid Lawrence H.Guts and Glory: Great American War FilmsReading , MA 1982 149 149
2. Ambrose , Stephen E. 1994.D-Day: The Climatic Battle of World War II239–239. New York 257, 576
3. Mosley , L. 1984.Zanuck: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Last Mogul346–346. Boston
4. Zanuck quoted in SuidGuts and Glory149 150
5. Darryl F. Zanuck interview in Films and Filming, November 1962, reprinted in Leyda J.Voices of Film Experience, 1894 to the PresentNew York 1977 519 519