In this riveting first-time history of World War II in the French Riviera, author and retired US Army General George G. Kundahl combines a military man's eye for the tactical aspects of the conflict, with a storyteller's voice for relating the complicated layers of the battles that raged among the many armies that fought in the area during the war, including the French resistance, the Allies, and the Nazis and Italian Fascists.

During World War II, three distinct forces opposed the Allies: Germany, Italy, and Japan. Few areas of the world experienced domination by more than a...