Victory in Europe: From D-Day to the Destruction of the Third Reich, 1944-1945 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781035425174)

Celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day in this fully illustrated insight into the final months of the Second World War.

From the long-awaited opening of the second front in the West on D-Day, 6 June 1944, to the final surrender of Germany on 8 May 1945, the Allied armies in north-west Europe under the supreme command of Eisenhower fought a gruelling series of battles against Axis forces hardened by years of war and desperate to defend their homeland from destruction.

Written by a leading military historian, Julian Thompson, Victory in Europe contains 30 facsimile items of Second World War reproduced throughout the book. Re-live this momentous period of history through maps, diaries, letters, sketches, secret memos and reports, posters and labels all sourced from the archives of the Imperial War Museums.

Author: Julian Thompson
ISBN-10: 1035425173
ISBN-13: 9781035425174
Publisher: Welbeck
Language: English
Published: 04/29/2025
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.70w x 0.80d