The History of the Twentieth Century

The British had to deal with many more shortages of food and fuel and consumer goods than did Americans. And they had to worry about the Luftwaffe.

The war put Americans in the unfamiliar position of enduring limits on what they could buy or eat, even how much they could drive their cars.

The Allies invade southern France, close the Falaise pocket, and the German line collapses. Soon the Allies are advancing on Paris.

When Patton's Third Army broke through the front line, the Germans had a serious problem.

The Polish Home Army makes a last-ditch effort to assert the authority of the government in exile, while Romania successfully switches sides.