Category : History & PoliticsFrom D-Day to the Destruction of the Third Reich. Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of VE Day, this is a graphic account of the storming and taking of Hitler's Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) by the Allies during the final eleven months of the second World War. Written by a leading military historian and including a wealth of first-hand accounts on an audio CD, it contains 30 facsimile items of memorabilia integrated into the pages of the book. The reader can re-live this momentous period of history by examining maps, diaries, letters, and other museum collections in Northern Europe.