A fictionalized account of the history of World War II in which a parade of characters such as Generals Eisenhower, Marshall, and Patton and President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and British General Montgomery galvanize ordinary soldiers to fight effective battles against German Field Marshal Rommel, and Adolf Hitler which will eventually result in a victory for the Allies in the African campaign.

After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest. As American commanders respond to the...