These two volumes cover the Second World War in North-West Europe from the Battle of Normandy through the German unconditional surrender.

Vol. 2 by L.F. Ellis with A.E. Warhurst. Includes bibliographical references and indices.

Volume 1 :The Battle of Normandy : -- The origins of Overlord -- The shaping and command of Overlord -- The situation in France -- The plan of campaign -- Preparatory operations -- Developments in France -- The end of the beginning -- D-Day : Airborne assult and opening bombardment -- D-Day : Seaborne landings -- D-Day : Advance inland -- Consolidating gains -- Expansion of the bridgehead -- The storm 'Epsom' and Cherbourg -- The capture of Caen -- Operation 'Goodwood' -- The plot to murder Hitler -- The American break-out -- Beginning of the envelopment -- Falaise -- Advance to the Seine -- The Seine to the Somme -- The winning of Overlord -- Appendices : Directive to Supreme Commander, Allied Expenditionary Force -- Allied naval forces in Operation Neptune -- German naval forces in the west, June, 1944 -- The Allied Armies -- The enemy -- Allied air forces -- German air force in the West -- Civil affairs in France -- Overlord and French resistance -- Code names mentioned in text -- Volume 2 : The defeat of Germany : -- Advance into Belgium -- The Arnhem Operation -- Channel ports and the Scheldt -- Strategic affairs and the Scheldt -- The capture of the Scheldt -- Logistics -- Operations in the autumn of 1944 -- The German counteroffensive -- High level affairs -- THe strategic air offensive and maritime operations -- The Nijmegen Front and 'Blackcock' -- The battles of the Rhineland -- The crossing of the Rhine -- From the Rhine to the Baltic -- To Leipzig and the Danube -- The German surrender and end of the war in Europe -- Reflections.