Countdown to Victory

Countdown to Victory

by Barry Turner (Author)

Synopsis

In standard histories of the Second World War, the last six months in the western European arena invariably make a short epilogue. After the German failure in the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler's bold counter attack across the Ardennes, the war is often assumed to have been all over bar sporadic shooting. This was far from the truth; it was certainly not how those soldiers and civilians at the front saw it. Drawing on American, British, Canadian, German, Dutch and Scandinavian sources, most of them previously unpublished, and starting with the Battle of the Bulge, Countdown To Victory tells the little known story of those final months through the eyes of ordinary people who had to live the trauma.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Published: 13 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 0340822023
ISBN 13: 9780340822029

Media Reviews
'A tapestry full of illuminating detail...If you want to live or relive the experience of those bloody and frustrating months, this book provides you with instant access.' -- Daily Mail
Author Bio
Barry Turner has been a full-time writer for twenty years but started writing long before that, first as a teacher and then as a journalist. He has been a regular presenter on radio and television , mostly for the arts and education. He is the author of twenty books, and editor of the annual Statesman's Yearbook and Writer's Handbook.