A well researched and detailed account of the last 100 days of the Second World War in Western Europe。 Too many histories of World War 2 tend to skate over this period which begins at the conclusion of the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945 and concludes with the German Surrender in May。 In reality these last 100 days saw some very heavy fighting and revealed the unspeakable horrors of the liberation of the concentration and extermination camps operated by the Germans。 American and British Gene A well researched and detailed account of the last 100 days of the Second World War in Western Europe。 Too many histories of World War 2 tend to skate over this period which begins at the conclusion of the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945 and concludes with the German Surrender in May。 In reality these last 100 days saw some very heavy fighting and revealed the unspeakable horrors of the liberation of the concentration and extermination camps operated by the Germans。 American and British Generals insisted that as many of their troops as possible witnessed these horrors first hand and understood that Germany had created a slave state in pursuit of its war aims。 Eisenhower himself visited one of these camps in order that should anybody start denying the severity of these dreadful scenes he could offer refutation from first hand experience。 Eisenhower is very much the hero of this narrative holding together a multi-nation alliance and dealing with such difficult characters as Montgomery， Patton and the loathsome， obstructive and immeasurably selfish Charles De Gaulle。 Overall， an excellent and well written account of the courageous and redoubtable men of the British， Commonwealth， Polish and American forces who liberated Western Europe from German occupation and barbarism in 1945。 Recommended。 。。。more