Eclipse (Paperback)

Alan Moorehead

ISBN 10: 0552179124 / ISBN 13: 9780552179126

Published by Transworld Publishers Ltd, London, 2022

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Paperback. An eye-witness account of the allied invasion of Fortress Europe in World War II.Eclipse was the code name given by the Allies to the occupation of Germany. Moorehead's book describes his experiences in Sicily and southern Italy in 1943, which culminated in the capture of Rome. He tells the electrifying story of D-Day, the liberation of Paris, and the Allied advance through northern France and Belgium, the crossing of the Rhine.The author reconstructs, in terrifying detail, the collapse of Germany, the wholesale destruction, mass surrenders, and the unimaginable horrors of the concentration camps. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eclipse (Paperback)
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552179124
• ISBN 13: 9780552179126
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and bestselling historian James Holland.With a new introduction by James HollandEclipse was the code name given by the Allies to the occupation of Germany. Moorehead's book describes his experiences in Sicily and southern Italy in 1943, which culminated in the capture of Rome. He tells the electrifying story of D-Day, the liberation of Paris, and the Allied advance through northern France and Belgium, the crossing of the Rhine.The author reconstructs, in terrifying detail, the collapse of Germany, the wholesale destruction, mass surrenders, and the unimaginable horrors of the concentration camps.