DDay to VE Day: Month by Month

On the evening of 5 June 1944, the people of Britain braced for news that would truly change the course of history. Ships and landing craft assembled in the Channel, paratroopers prepared for fl ight and troops readied for action. A brief announcement the following morning declared that D—Day had finally arrived. It would be the start of a long and arduous campaign to liberate Europe from the tyranny of Nazi occupation and defeat Hitler once and for all. D—Day to VE Day narrates the fi nal ...