The Guns at Last Light: The war in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson is a great book to read. The 896 pages of the book contain the detailed and vivid description of the World War II, starting from the initial invasion of Normandy to the post war period when the Japanese surrendered on 2nd September, 1945. There are many other books as well as other descriptions of the World War II, there are hardly very few that cover every details and vitality of the war as is done by this one
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