{"product_id":"voices-of-victory-signed-hardback","title":"Voices of Victory - Signed Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eD-Day: The Unheard Tapes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes a revealing new history of the final bloody battles against Nazi Germany. Published for the 80th anniversary of VE Day and based on audio interviews with those who fought their way to victory, this is a compelling and immersive account of a crucial period in the Second World War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFebruary, 1945. Eight months have passed since the D-Day landings, when the Allies gained their foothold in North-West Europe. Since then the British Army has fought near continuously against the German military. Now, they stand ready for their final test: the battle for the German homeland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the sound archive of the Imperial War Museums and other personal acounts, military historian Geraint Jones brings this this often-overlooked period of the war vividly to life in the words of British soldiers who were there, from war-weary men who have survived many months of combat to new recruits facing Hitler's fanatics for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVoices of Victory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e we join the soldiers battling to break through the Siegfried Line and clear the Reichswald forest, where fighting was from one tree to the next. At the crossing of the Rhine we go into action with the commandos, and jump behind enemy lines with the Paras. We are taken into the horror of Belsen when the concentration camp is liberated, hear from the witnesses of the forgotten battles of April, and end the war deep in Germany, with victory in Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Enthralling and enlightening . . . A wonderful look into the personal experiences, that heart and soul, of the fighting soldier towards the end of the Second World War' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJohn Nichol, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unknown Warrior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geraint Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51068213854545,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0834\/1222\/2289\/files\/81jnmlD1G6L._SL1500.jpg?v=1744945365","url":"https:\/\/shop.geraintjonesmedia.com\/products\/voices-of-victory-signed-hardback","provider":"Geraint Jones","version":"1.0","type":"link"}