D-Day to Berlin
by Andrew Williams
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Nightfall, 6th June 1944. D-Day is over and the Allies have carved a tenuous foothold in Fortress Europe. The future of Europe hangs in the balance as Hitler's formidable SS Panzer troops threaten to drive them back into the sea. from the beaches of Normandy to the heart of Hitler's Reich and ultimate victory just 11 months later. operations from D-Day to Berlin mark one of the greatest ever military offensives. The Allies overcame initial setbacks to inflict a devastating defeat on Hitler's show more crack divisions in France - a victory that was threatened just months later in the bitter winter fighting of the Battle of the Bulge. The final crossing of the Rhine and the advance into Germany changed the course of European history forever. German soldiers - who bravery and endurance made the final push through Europe the defining drama of World War II. show lessTags
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Andrew Williams is a writer and producer for the BBC. He has produced such internationally acclaimed programs as "A Journey Home," a documentary on the famine in Somalia; as well as the Emmy-nominated "War Crime: Five Days in Hell," an investigation into war crimes in the former Yugoslavia; and "Provos: The IRA and Sinn Fein." He lives in London
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- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 940.5421 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe 1918- Military history of World War II Campaigns and battles by theatre European theatre
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- D756 .W484 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) World War II (1939-1945)
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