Includes index. "The preliminary chapters comprising part I and the linking material throughout parts II and III have been written by Desmond Hawkins. The book has been edited by him and Donald Boyd with assistance from Frank Gillard and Chester Wilmot." Pt. 1 and the linking material throughout pts. 2 and 3 written by Desmond Hawkins. Book ed. by D. Hawkins and D. Boyd with assistance from F. Gillard and C. Wilmot -- title page verso..

PART I. INTRODUCTORY - 'AND NOW-OVER TO NORMANDY' : i. Broadcast war reporting - ii. deployment for D-day -- iii. The machine at work -- iv. The result -- PART II. THE CHRONICLE - NORMANDY TO THE RHINE - A NOTE ON THE TEXT : In Memoriam -- I. Second front -- II. Beach-head -- III. Movin in -- IV. Coming to grips -- V. Behind the German lines -- VI. Caen and St. Lo -- VII. The break-through -- VIII. Falaise -- IX. The road to Paris -- X. And then Brussels -- XI. Over the threshold -- XII. Arnhem -- XIII. The battle of Aachen -- XIV. The battle of supply -- XV. The Ardennes offensive -- PART III. THE CHRONICLE CONTINUED - THE RHINE TO THE ELBE : XVI. One more river -- XVII. The great offensive -- XVIII. Swanning -- XIX. Out of bondage -- XX. The German people -- XXI. The Cesspit beneath -- XXII. The last fight -- XXIII. The closing scenes -- Postscript.