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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
