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The Guns at Last Light

The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945

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The Guns at Last Light

By: Rick Atkinson
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
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The eagerly awaited final volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson's New York Times bestselling Liberation Trilogy.

It is the twentieth century’s unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted the history of how the American-led coalition fought its way from North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most ?dramatic story of all—the titanic battle in Western Europe.

D-Day marked the commencement of the war’s final campaign, and Atkinson’s astonishingly fresh account of that enormous gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich—all these historic moments come utterly alive. Atkinson tells the tale from the perspective of participants at all levels, from presidents and prime?ministers to ambitious generals, from war-weary lieutenants to terrified teenage riflemen. When Germany at last surrenders, we understand anew both the devastating cost of this global conflagration and the awe-inspiring effort that led to Germany’s?surrender.

With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Rick Atkinson’s remarkable accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that restored freedom to the West. His lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western front’s final phase. Europe Wars & Conflicts Western Western Europe World War II Military War Winston Churchill Air Force Imperialism Middle Ages
Comprehensive Historical Account • Meticulous Research • Excellent Narration • Personal Soldier Stories • Clear Phrasing

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An excellent and worthy finish of this trilogy. And an outstanding oral presentation by the narrator. Highly recommended.

An excellent finish

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For now, Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy stands as one of the monumental works of the Second World War in the Mediterranean and Western Europe. With "The Guns at Last Light", Atkinson finally ties together what must have been tens of thousands of hours of research into a historically captivating conclusion to the defining event of the twentieth century.

A Rousing and Weighty Conclusion

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Rick Atkinson did an amazing job with these three books. He provides the reader with a lot of information but doesn't overload you with that information. I wish that all three books would have kept George Guidall as the reader. Also it would have been very nice to have PDF's for all the maps and photos for each of the books for you to use to better understand the battles.

Great book and series!

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Sweeping in scope both in scale and in detail, Rick Atkinson's "The Guns at Last Light" captures all levels of the greatest event in the history of humankind. For me, whose father arrived in the European Theater of Operations the 2nd week after D-Day, it brought forth an emotional response I hadn't anticipated. My Dad came home from the war early after German 88's hit around his position during the Battle of St. Lo in France. He never spoke of what he had to do, but he was forever proud of his service, his war buddies, and his country.

Now I Know -- thanks Rick Atkinson

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This book is very well written and pulls no punches on the truth of war.

An honest accounting of WW2 in Western Europe

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