This is a companion volume to The Pacific War Remembered . Historic roles are relived by twenty-eight men and women who helped defeat Hitler’s juggernaut in World War 2, ranging from the U-boat-plagued convoys, to the beaches of North Africa and Normandy, to the Big Three conference at Yalta. Firsthand accounts of the war in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and English Channel, offering fresh behind-the-scenes details and perspectives about the famous and not-so-famous events that led to the victory in Europe.