British war correspondent covers the Allied campaigns in Sicily, Italy, France and Germany during World War II.

"A Bantam war book" -- Cover Includes index.

Foreword --The first quarter: Collapse in the south: Italy -- Taormina -- Salerno -- The follow-through -- Naples to Rome -- the second quarter: Collapse in the north: France -- England -- The landing -- The French -- The Caen-Cherbourg battles -- The break-out -- Paris -- The four years in Paris -- Brussels -- Arnhem -- The third quarter: Collapse in the west: the Rhine -- The battle of the Ardennes -- The run up to the Rhine -- The crossing of the Rhine -- The Germans -- Total eclipse: Collapse in the centre: Germany -- The surrender -- The last liberation -- The day after -- Maps.