This book, published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of VE Day, is a graphic account of the storming and taking of Hitler's Festung Europa ('Fortress Europe') by the Allies during the final eleven months of the Second World War. The book shows spread by spread the relentless progress of the epic war in the European Theatre of Operations, and focuses on the world-famous engagements such as Operation Market-Garden (immortalised in the film A Bridge too Far), the Battle of the Bulge, the bombing of Dresden and other German ...
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This book, published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of VE Day, is a graphic account of the storming and taking of Hitler's Festung Europa ('Fortress Europe') by the Allies during the final eleven months of the Second World War. The book shows spread by spread the relentless progress of the epic war in the European Theatre of Operations, and focuses on the world-famous engagements such as Operation Market-Garden (immortalised in the film A Bridge too Far), the Battle of the Bulge, the bombing of Dresden and other German cities, the fall of Berlin, and VE Day itself. Written by a leading military historian and including a wealth of first-hand accounts on an audio CD, Imperial War Museum's Victory in Europe Experience contains 30 facsimile items of memorabilia integrated into the pages of the book. The reader can re-live this momentous period of history by examining maps, diaries, letters, and other items which up till now have remained filed or exhibited in the Imperial War Museum and other museum collections in Northern Europe.
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Seller's Description:
Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG slipcase ( no dustjacket as published) This publication contains 'Rare Removable Documents, Memorabilia and an Audio CD (72 minutes) of Veterans' First-hand Accounts'. A tidy copy in tight binding.
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Fine. No Dj cover as issued. Fine condition. Index Books, 2005. First edition. Large format pictorial hardback (two small nick on the edges of the cover and spine) in fine condition, no Dj cover as issued, with an illustrated slipcase(two creases and small nicks on the edges of the slipcase) in near fine condition. The book includes Audio CD inside the front cover. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos, drawings, maps. Nice and clean pages as new. 64pp including Translations, index. A collectable book. Heavy book (approx. 1.5 Kg).
