To the Victor the Spoils

From D-Day to VE day, historian Sean Longden reveals The sex'n'drugs'n'rock'n'roll of soldiering The TimesFrom the D-Day landings in June 1944 to the final declaration of peace the following year the Allied forces fought a bitter battle to the end against Hitler's Nazi Germany. Sean Longden re-tells the unexpected true story of life among the ranks of Field Marshall Montgomery's 21st Army group and reveals a tale of sex, burglary, rape, pillage and alcohol. Uncovering new material from interviews, documents and personal accounts, Sean Longden recounts what really happened on the road to Berlin. A meticulously-researched, utterly absorbing account of the human story behind the battle to crush Hitler's forces.Yorkshire Post