The Liberation Trilogy

The Liberation Trilogy: An Army at Dawn, The Day of Battle, The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson, This trilogy is a history of WWII, the European war. The first book, Battle, is the African campaign, the second, Battle, is the Italian campaign, and the third, Guns, is D-Day and the end of the war. I have read the first two, but do not think I will read the third. The death and destruction outlined in these books is a bit too much to spend a lot of time with. (Since I originally posted this, I have gone back and read the third book.) Of course, I am being spoiled, as the people fighting these battles obviously could not just walk away. The details are quite extensive, and the author had access to quite a few personal diaries of both officers and enlisted men, so you get a real insight into 'men on the ground'. It is also interesting to contemplate when reading this that another part of the war was taking place in the Pacific at the same time. Along the same theme of dealing with WWII, the above details the war in Europe, and Ian Toll has a trilogy that deals with the Pacific war. Pacific Crucible and The Conquering Tide are the first two in the trilogy, the third comes out in July 2020. The first deals with a lot of background of the countries to be involved, and the leaders and military men who will be a big part of the pacific war. The second I found more interesting as it looks at the main part of the war in the pacific and does so by looking at different branches of the military, and not just providing a chronological story of battles.