Army at Dawn
- 768 pages
- 27 hours of reading
The first volume in a three volume work about the liberation of Europe opens in North Africa in 1942 and charts America's rise to world-power status by its involvement in a war on two fronts.
World War II Liberation Trilogy Series
This epic trilogy chronicles pivotal moments of World War II, focusing on the liberation of Europe and America's rise to global superpower status. The narrative begins in North Africa in 1942, charting a course through a war fought on two fronts. It follows the intertwined destinies of soldiers and civilians battling for freedom against tyranny. The series provides a gripping account of strategic battles and human sacrifice during the 20th century's most defining conflict.
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. That first year of the Allied war was a pivotal point in American history, the moment when the United States began to act like a great power. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the American and British armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algeria, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery, and Rommel. Brilliantly researched, rich with new material and vivid insights, Atkinson's narrative provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa.
The second volume of Rick Atkinson's monumental trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War.
The Guns at Last Light
- 896 pages
- 32 hours of reading
The magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's monumental and highly acclaimed trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War.