![]() ![]() He began with D Plus 69 Last night as I settled down on the couch to watch the News Hour, I was treated to an interview by Rick Atkinson on his new book, The Guns at Last Light. 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 Guns at Last Light’ is the third volume in Atkinson's trilogy on America's involvement in World War II in Europe. 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. The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson - The eagerly awaited final volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinsons New York Times bestselling Liberation. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all—the titanic battle for Western Europe.D-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. Editions for The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945: 0805062904 (Hardcover published in 2013). ![]() 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. ![]()
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