Road to Berlin: Allied Drive from Normandy
By (Author) George Forty
Orion Publishing Co
Weidenfeld Military
11th October 1999
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
European history
Second World War
Modern warfare
940.5421
192
Width 219mm, Height 276mm
931g
Vividly illustrated history of the Allies hard-fought drive to victory in Europe
Narrated in detailed, informative captions to accompany more than 200 photographsExperience the thrill of breakthrough as the Allies push back the German defenceWritten and compiled by expert military historian George FortyJohn Erickson was an Honorary Fellow in Defence Studies and Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh. He was a leading authority on the Soviet-German War and lectured on Soviet-German affairs at the universities of Oxfod, St Andrews and Manchester as well as a number of American universities.
Lt. Col. George Forty CBE FMA is a leading authority on land warfare in the twentieth century. A former tank officer ' he had command of a tank in the Korean War, and was wounded in battle ' he established his reputation as Curator of the Tank Museum at Bovington, which he brought to be one of the world's leading military museums. He is a prolific author, and edits the quarterly journal Tank.