Bruce Bliven

In the American colonies of the 1770s, people were fed up with British laws. Local farmers and tradesmen secretly formed a militia. In 1775, when the British marched into Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the Americans were ready. From that first battle to the final showdown at Yorktown, the Americans fought against tremendous odds. The British army was bigger and better trained. Food and guns were scarce. But George Washington’s ragged...

Presents the story of the battle on the coast of Normandy in June, 1944, which was the turning point of World War II.

Presents an account of fighting in Europe and North Africa during World War II from the first American landings in North Africa to the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.