The Battle for Europe

The history of the battle for Europe in images. Acclaimed military author Roy Conyers Nesbit has assembled a stunning selection of some 400 photographs and illustrations to tell the story of the great battle for Europe following the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The photographs, drawn from the UK and US National Archives and the author's own collection, are underpinned by a concise narrative account of the campaign that took the Western Allies from D-Day, through France and across the Rhine to Germany and victory. AUTHOR: The late Roy Conyers Nesbit, a Second World War veteran, was an acknowledged authority on aviation history and the author of more than twenty books on this subject. 12 colour, 319 b/w illustrations