Strategic Battles in EuropeChronicles the war in Europe from Hitler's invasion of France in 1940 to the struggle for control of the air and the Atlantic trade routes, to the turning of the tide at Stalingrad and the Allied counterattack in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. |
Contents
Foreword | 5 |
Operation Torch The Battle | 23 |
Operation Husky The Battle | 39 |
Copyright | |
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