Drawing on hundreds of interviews and oral histories, Ambrose recreates life on the front lines during one of the bloodiest periods of World War II: from D-Day to the surrender of Germany. "The most gripping account of the second World War that I have ever read".--Joseph Heller. of photos. Maps.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and oral histories, Ambrose recreates life on the front lines during one of the bloodiest periods of World War II: from D-Day to the surrender of Germany. "The most gripping account of the second World War that I have ever read".--Joseph Heller. of photos. Maps.
Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History.
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Contents Maps Introduction and Acknowledgments Prologue PART ONE The Battle for France 1 Expanding the Beachhead, June 7-30, 1944 2 Hedgerow Fighting, July 1-24, 1944 3 Breakout and Encirclement, July 25-August 25, 1944 4 To the Siegfried Line, August 26-September 30, 1944 5 The Siegfried Line, October 1944 PART TWO At the German Border 6 Metz and the Hurtgen Forest, November 1-December 15, 1944 7 The Ardennes, December 16-19, 1944 8 The Ardennes, December 20-23, 1944 9 The Holiday Season, December 24-31, 1944 PART THREE Life in ETO 10 Night on the Line 11 Replacements and Reinforcements, Fall 1944 12 The Air War 13 Medics, Nurses, and Doctors 14 Jerks, Sad Sacks, Profiteers, and Jim Crow 15 Prisoners of War PART FOUR Overrunning Germany 16 Winter War, January 1945 17 Closing to the Rhine, February 1-March 6, 1945 18 Crossing the Rhine, March 7-31, 1945 19 Victory, April 1-May 7, 1945 Epilogue: The GIs and Modern America Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
Contents Maps Introduction and Acknowledgments Prologue PART ONE The Battle for France 1 Expanding the Beachhead, June 7-30, 1944 2 Hedgerow Fighting, July 1-24, 1944 3 Breakout and Encirclement, July 25-August 25, 1944 4 To the Siegfried Line, August 26-September 30, 1944 5 The Siegfried Line, October 1944 PART TWO At the German Border 6 Metz and the Hurtgen Forest, November 1-December 15, 1944 7 The Ardennes, December 16-19, 1944 8 The Ardennes, December 20-23, 1944 9 The Holiday Season, December 24-31, 1944 PART THREE Life in ETO 10 Night on the Line 11 Replacements and Reinforcements, Fall 1944 12 The Air War 13 Medics, Nurses, and Doctors 14 Jerks, Sad Sacks, Profiteers, and Jim Crow 15 Prisoners of War PART FOUR Overrunning Germany 16 Winter War, January 1945 17 Closing to the Rhine, February 1-March 6, 1945 18 Crossing the Rhine, March 7-31, 1945 19 Victory, April 1-May 7, 1945 Epilogue: The GIs and Modern America Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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