{"product_id":"d-day-to-ve-day-the-final-days-of-the-war-in-europe-9781399056212","title":"D-Day to Ve Day: The Final Days of the War in Europe","description":"On the evening of Monday, 5th June 1944, the people of Britain went to bed with a sense of great events impending. They knew that any day now would come news of the battle that would forever alter the course of their lives, and the lives of their children and their grandchildren.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe following day's morning newspapers and early radio news bulletins were full of the fall of Rome to the Allies, which had been announced the day before. But then, at 9.33 am on that Tuesday, came the brief announcement: Allied naval forces, supported by strong air forces, had begun landing Allied armies on the coast of France.' D-Day had finally dawned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eD-Day to VE Day\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the last year of the Second World War in Europe, from the Normandy landings and on through the hard slog to that long-awaited day - 8th May 1945 - when Britain broke out the bunting, rolled out the barrel, and celebrated victory over Hitler. The air-raid sirens were silenced, the lights could be switched on again, and the boys would be coming home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn many homes, festivities were muted because the war in the Far East was still to be won, but for a few short hours at least, the nation could afford to let its hair down and dance in the streets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing contemporary accounts - interviews, newspaper reports and official documents - of those final months, \u003ci\u003eD-Day to VE Day\u003c\/i\u003e looks at life in Britain during those vital months, at the events that brought an end to war in Europe, and at the redrawing of national borders that would shape a new world order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399056212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184","brand":"Anton Rippon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391948714165,"sku":"9781399056212","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7d280bcf-b19d-43c4-95a1-f3f8772ec31e.jpg?v=1719949381","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/d-day-to-ve-day-the-final-days-of-the-war-in-europe-9781399056212","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}