by StephenE.Ambrose (Author)
THE VICTORS is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose. It follows the momentous events of the war from D-Day, 6 June 1944, through to the final days when the Allied soldiers pushed the German troops out of France, chased them across Germany, and, on 7 May 1945, destroyed the Nazi regime. At the centre of this epic drama are the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought, proving eventually unbeatable. Drawing from his extensive research for his previous bestselling books on the conflict, Ambrose creates one of the most exciting single-volume histories of the Second World War ever written. THE VICTORS is a compelling celebration of military genius and heroism, and of camaraderie and courage.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 04 Apr 2005
ISBN 10: 0743492420
ISBN 13: 9780743492423
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh and riveting.
The New York Times Book Review
Ambrose is a superb historian.
The New Yorker
Ambrose's skill at weaving his interviews into a good read is impressive.
The Dallas Morning News
A brief, readable, and necessary remembrance of a generation that met and overcome this century's greatest test.
Wisconsin State Journal
The Victors is an absolutely wonderful book...a compelling narrative of a time when the average American youth exhibited heroism and grace to save the world.
The New Yorker
[Ambrose's] skill at weaving his interviews into a good read is impressive.
St. Petersburg Times
No historian writing today understands and empathizes with the World Ware II generation of Americans better than Stephen Ambrose...Reading this book will leave only a profound understanding of an undeniable truth.