With The Guns at Last Light, the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Atkinson has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that unshackled a continent and preserved freedom in the West. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Operation Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich-all these historic events and more come alive with a wealth of new material and a mesmerizing cast of characters. In The Guns at Last Light, Atkinson mines a wealth of new material to present a nuanced look at the Allies' triumph. Bestselling author Rick Atkinson has received numerous accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all-the titanic battle for Western Europe.ĭ-Day marked the commencement of the European war’s final campaign, and Atkinson’s riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The Guns At Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how they fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. It is the twentieth century’s unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson’s acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II. The Guns at Last Light The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Volume Three of the Liberation Trilogy
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