The End of World War II: The History of the Battles that Ended the Fighting in Europe and the Pacific

*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of fighting at major battles like D-Day, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, the Bulge, and more*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsDuring World War II, the free world literally hung in the balance, with the Axis and Allies engaging in warfare on an unprecedented scale. Although Hitler’s Nazi Germany had overrun much of the European continent by 1940, the Allies began to reverse the momentum in 1942. By the end of 1943, with Allied forces firmly established in Italy and the Soviets on the verge of turning the tide in Russia, the British and Americans began to plot the invasion that would liberate Europe from the Nazis.After the successful amphibious invasion on D-Day in June 1944, the Allies began racing east toward Germany and liberating France along the way. The Allies had landed along a 50 mile stretch of French coast, and despite suffering 8,000 casualties on D-Day, over 100,000 still began the march acro