EclipseMoorehead var krigskorrespondent og skriver om 2. Verdenskrigs kampe på Sicilien og i Syditalien, invasionen i Normandiet, slaget i Ardennerne, slutkampene i Tyskland og lidt om dagene med befrielsen i København og Oslo. "ECLIPSE" var de allieredes kodeord for besættelsen af Tyskland. |
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