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Fire and Steel - The End of World War Two in the West

By: Oxford University Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Oxford University Press)


Product Info

Title
Fire and Steel - The End of World War Two in the West
Category
Author
Peter Caddic-Adams
Publish Year
2022
Pages
688
Dimensions
6.25x9.5x2"
NKG Part #
2148052547
Type
Hardcover

Description

In these final months of World War Two, all of Germany is ablaze, from daily bombing runs launched from just across its borders and incessant artillery fire from the east. In the west, the Allied progress was inexorable, with Eisenhower's seven armies taking on Germany's seven armies, town by town, bridge by bridge. With his customary narrative verve and utter mastery of the material, Caddick-Adams does these climactic final months full justice, from the capture of the Ludendorff Railway Bridge at Remagen, to the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, to the taking of Munich on Hitler's birthday, April 20th, and through to VE Day. Fire & Steel ends with the return of prisoners, demobilization of servicemen, and the beginning of the occupation of Germany.