The brutal months of fighting that finally brought an end to the Second World War in the west are recreated through first-hand testimonies in this vivid new history.
Geraint Jones is an author and military historian who served as an infantry soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan. His first book on the Second World War, D-Day: The Unheard Tapes, was a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller in 2024, and accompanied the acclaimed BBC2 series of the same name. His war memoir Brothers in Arms was published in 2019, and his work with Major Adam Jowett, No Way Out, was a Sunday Times bestseller. He also co-authored Escape from Kabul with Levison Wood, which was published in 2023. He has published several novels, including titles with James Patterson.