No Less Than Victory: A Novel of World War II
No Less Than Victory is the crowning achievement in master storyteller Jeff Shaara's soaring World War II trilogy, revealing the European war's unforgettable and harrowing final act.After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe...
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No Less Than Victory is the crowning achievement in master storyteller Jeff Shaara's soaring World War II trilogy, revealing the European war's unforgettable and harrowing final act.After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest, utterly surprising the unprepared Americans who stand in their way. Through the frigid snows of the mountainous terrain, German tanks and infantry struggle to realize Hitler's goal: divide the Allied armies and capture the vital port at Antwerp. The attack succeeds in opening up a wide gap in the American lines, and for days chaos reigns in the Allied command. Thus begins the Battle...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345497932 (0345497937)
ASIN: 345497937
Publish date: June 1st 2010
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 449
Edition language: English
Series: World War II: 1939-1945 (#3)
This is my first book by Jeff Shahara, I was always hesitant to pick up his books after reading Killer angels by his father, was worried that I will be dissappointed. I find this novel to be very well written, but because of my background cannot help but be amused at his description of world war two...