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Airfix Model World, February 2021

This book will appeal to historians and anyone interested in better understanding this momentous period in history. Model makers will find much to inspire dioramas. But the most significant aspect of this book is how the pictures and text capture the mood of these tempestuous times. Highly recommended.

Tom Cole, Miniature Armoured Fighting Vehicles Association, September 2020

This title as part of the Images at War series is another great title in the line up due to the way the author has tackled the subject matter. The text is well written and clear which provides the reader with a good degree of information covering the background plus who and where. The photographs are a very good mix of images which are lifted greatly by very well written captions that accompany each and every one of them. The Allies never seem to get the coverage that the German forces got and this title goes a long way in helping to address that aspect.

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Armorama

The image archive is spectacular and clarifying in many cases.

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Miniaturas JM

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March 2020, Model Military International

The latest in Pen and Sword's invaluable and fascinating Images of War series shows the Americans in North West Europe. It's always been said that a picture paints a thousand words, and there are in all probability millions of words behind the exclusive and compelling collection of photographs in this stunning book.

Books Monthly

Another in the marvelous 'Images of War' series

Historical Miniatures Gaming Society

"This book will appeal to historians and anyone interested in better understanding this momentous period in history"

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MAFVA

There are some fantastic images on view here, some well-known; and the book really cracks along at a fair old pace.

Mr Blades offers a balanced look across the Allied effort because this was coalition warfare in Eisenhower’s image and this serves to deepen the context of what we are looking at.

There is a strong mix of images that fit together nicely and the history is handled in an accomplished manner. You cannot go very wrong with books like this one.

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War History Online, Mark Barnes

This really is a first class book which has been well researched and is beautifully written. The last of the books in this trilogy covers the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the main rivers in western Germany and the advance to Berlin. I certainly look forward to another fine publication!

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Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)

This book encapsulates the reasons why the Images of War is as successful as it is. Incisive and informative commentary underpinned with carefully selected photographs. This book, along with its fellow Images of War counterparts could either be read as a standalone quick read for the curious or as a foundation for further readings in this field.

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Donna's Book Blog

So to sum up, Pen & Sword have given us another excellent resource as modelers to inspire and motivate new ideas for vignettes and dioramas. It was difficult to choose from just a few images from the 250 in the book– all are quite amazing and very few are common ones you would see opening any WWII history book. It is a valuable addition to the bookshelf for any history buff of the Allied actions in the ETO and on the modeling desk for those shiny new Shermans coming out from Meng and others…or even just to dust off one from the stash and build with a renewed vigor. Well done Dr. Blades!

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Big Daddy Modeler

The archive images are well chosen and this is another good Images of War title, so the final part of the trilogy is one to look forward to.

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Military Model Scene, Robin Buckland

The second of three books, following the Americans from Normandy to the Ardennes, covering the period from the break-out of the beachhead in August 1944 to early December. At just over 200 pages, this is one of the larger entries in the Images of War series, and chronicles their progress across the entire front with a superb collection of high quality photographs, each accompanied by detailed notes, and vividly showing the intensity of the fighting with a number of truly excellent images of American troops in action. The chapters single out several key engagements for particular attention, including the Falaise Pocket, the liberation of Paris, the difficult fighting to breach the Siegfried Line around Aachen, and the subsequently bloody Battle of Hürtgen Forest. Although a predominantly British operation, it also extensively covers Operation Market Garden and the brilliant actions of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions.

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Pegasus Archive

A book that combines beautiful and meaningful photos with an accurate and exciting narration. Another book that cannot be missed in the shelves of history buffs of the Second World War.

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Old Barbed Wire Blog

FOLLOWING their heroics at the Normandy Landings, a stunning new book captures the fierce resistance the Allied Forces came up against whilst pushing the Nazis out of France.

The Sun

Following their heroics at the Normandy Landings, a series of haunting images have captured the fierce resistance the Allied Forces faced as they attempted to push the Nazis out of France.

Mail Online