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The epic story of how the Second World War was won.

On 4 January 1945, General 'Blood and Guts' Patton confided gloomily to his diary, 'We can still lose the war.' The Nazis were attacking in Eastern France, Luxembourg and Belgium. General Eisenhower's allied armies had lost... Read Full Overview

A collection of eyewitness accounts of the battle for Europe, January-May 1945, based on diaries, interviews and battalion journals and offering an insight into the experiences of the Allied fighting man.

This is an authoritative account of the conclusion to World War II assembled through interviews and battalion journals. It is the final volume of a classic series by Britain's most prolific military writer, all being reprinted in paperback. The author is a World War II combat... Read Full Overview