San Antonio College Library

Tells the dramatic story of the titanic battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich. This book is 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...

Hitler's armies smash Poland--Denmark and Norway fall--they take Holland and Belgium--and France collapses.

This is history made real and exciting in a concise, fast-moving and always fascinating approach of particular value to newcomers to the subject. THE SECOND WORLD WAR shaped the second half of the twentieth century; our grasp of the world we now live in is incomplete without an understanding of how and why that war was conducted. This book explains the SECOND WORLD WAR.

War correspondent's dispatches from the front lines in Italy and France from June 1943 to September 1944.

"The Rhine is Germany's main commercial highway, containing many of its major ports. In war, it is vital for the Germans to push an enemy to outflank the entire river barrier preparatory to taking the industrial target. During World War II, there were three great Rhine campaigns, the last which was the Allies' final push for the victory and the Germans' last hope of resistance. The soldiers who went forward to the attack of counterattack--or who...

"This breathtaking overview of World War II documents the savage global fighting that began with Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland and ended dramatically over he skies of Japan in 1945. Incredible, actual footage from the European, North African and Pacific theatres of war dramatically shows how the Allies defeated the evil axis of power."

This study describes not only what happened from the D-Day landings in June 1944 to the surrender of Germany eleven months later, but why it happened. While an enormous amount has been written about this campaign, most of it focuses on a single army or an individual battle. Levine stresses a truly integrated approach that combines both strategy and tactics and covers the land, sea, and air efforts of both Allies and Axis. Levine deals extensively...

"How Hitler Could Have Won World War II illustrates the important battles and how certain key movements and mistakes by Germany were crucial in determining the war's outcome. Alexander's harrowing study shows how only minor tactical changes in Hitler's military approach could have changed the world we live in today." "How Hitler Could Have Won World War II untangles some of the war's most confounding strategic questions, such as: Why didn't the Nazis...

The grueling seven-month campaign from 7-22-1942 to 1-22-1943, for the recapture of Buna (on the coast of New Guinea) was a turning point in WWII. General D. MacArthur landed in Australia, only to find out he had been rescued to a sector nearly menaced as the Phillipines.