The Guns at Last Light
The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 877 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Tells the dramatic story of the titanic battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich.
Series: Atkinson, Rick. Liberation trilogy ; v. 3.
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 ; The arrow that flieth by day -- 6. The implicated woods : Charlemagne's tomb ; "Do not let us pretend we are all right" ; The worst place of any -- 7. The flutter of wings : A town too small for the tragedy ; Faith in a friendly universe ; To the land of doom ; "Providence decrees and we must obey" -- 8. A winter shadow : "We are all so human that it is pitiful" ; Staking everything on one card ; The light line ; "Go easy, boys. There's danger ahead" -- 9. The Bulge : A rendezvous in some flaming town ; "Why are you not packing?" ; War in the raw ; Glory has its price ; The agony grapevine -- 10. Argonauts : Citizens of the world ; A fateful conference ; "Only our eyes are alive" -- 11. Crossings : The inner door to Germany ; Two if by sea ; "The enemy has reason to fear him" ; Lovers' quarrels are a part of love -- 12. Victory : Mark of the beast ; Dragon country ; "God, where are you?" ; A great silence.
ISBN:
9780805062908
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HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Atk | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 813-841) and index.