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The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Henry Holt
May 2013
On Sale: May 14, 2013
896 pages
ISBN: 0805062904
EAN: 9780805062908
Kindle: B009LRWHQI
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The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson’s acclaimed
Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during
World War II It is the twentieth century’s unrivaled epic: at a
staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated
Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of
his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted
how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa
and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most
dramatic story of all—the titanic battle for Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the final campaign of the
European war, and Atkinson’s riveting account of that bold
gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that
follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of
Paris, the disaster that was Operation Market Garden, the
horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the
heart of the Third Reich—all these historic events and more
come alive with a wealth of new material and a mesmerizing
cast of characters. Atkinson tells the tale from the
perspective of participants at every level, from presidents
and generals to war-weary lieutenants and terrified teenage
riflemen. When Germany at last surrenders, we understand
anew both the devastating cost of this global conflagration
and the enormous effort required to win the Allied victory. With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy,
Atkinson’s accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the
definitive chronicle of the war that unshackled a continent
and preserved freedom in the West.
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