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In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle for Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the…
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My third favorite trilogy for this year also concerns World War II and the U.S. Army, but it focuses on the European theater.
This is Rick Atkinson’s Liberation Trilogy which appeared between 2007 and 2014. And to be consistent, I will cite the final volume of the series The Guns at Last Light (2014), though it was the first volume (An Army at Dawn, 2007) that won Atkinson the Pulitzer Prize.
For those ready to move on from World War II to other historical venues, Atkinson is already in the midst of another trilogy, this one on the…
This is the third and final of Rick Atkinson’s three-volume Liberation Trilogy, and if you loved the first two, as I did, you’ll love this one. A meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller, Atkinson devotes this volume to the final year of World War II in Western Europe (D-Day to V-E Day).
Along with mining diaries and letters of soldiers, civilians, journalists, and world leaders for fresh details, Atkinson balances the human drama with crisp military analysis and engrossing background information.
I was indebted to this two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author for helping me better grasp what Ellen England’s father…
From Barbara and Ellen's list on World War II stories gleaned from letters, diaries, and personal remembrances.
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