A fictional account of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe chronicles the events of the World War II campaign and the personalities who took part, from the ordinary soldiers on the land and in the air, to such leaders as Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Omar Bradley, as their efforts changed the course of the war.

When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.

During the siege of Stalingrad at the height of World War II, two master snipers--Chief Master Sergeant Vasily Zaitsev and German marksman Heinz Thorvald--embark on a deadly and calculating competition to destroy each other.

Chapters include: Hilter Weather, A Season of Blunders, Iron Hands on Scandinavia, First Blood in the West, Deliverance at Dunkirk, The Fall of France.

Italy prepares for war; England defends Gibraltar; Germany attacks Malta; and the U.S. invades North Africa.

Profusely illustrated text documents the final defeat of Hitler in Europe.

"Covers the events of World War II from 1942 to 1943 including the Bataan "Death March," U.S. victory at Midway, the invasion of Burma, Stalingrad Airlift, and Operation Torch"