Screen LibraryThe guns at last light : the war in Western Europe, 1944-1945 /
Tells the dramatic story of the titanic battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich.
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| Published: |
Henry Holt and Company,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. ©2013 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Picador edition. |
| Series: |
The liberation trilogy ;
volume three |
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| Summary: |
Tells the dramatic story of the titanic battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich. |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 877 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781250037817 (paperback) : 1250037816 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | D756 |
| CLC: | K152 |
| Call Number: | K152/A877 |
| Contents: | 1. Invasion -- The far shore -- First tide -- Hell's Beach -- A conqueror's paradise -- 2. Lodgement -- "This long thin line of personal anguish" -- A gunman's world -- Terror is broken by terror -- How easy it is to make a ghost -- 3. Liberation -- A monstrous blood-mill -- The bright day grew dark -- Ministers of thy chastisement -- The loveliest story of our time -- 4. Pursuit -- "The huntsman is hungry" -- The Avenue of Stenches -- "Harden the heart and let fly" -- 5. Against the west wall -- "Five barley loaves and three small fishes" -- Every village a fortress -- A market and a garden |