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Citizen soldiers : the U.S. Army from the Normandy beaches to the Bulge to the surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945
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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 mos...
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. Photos, maps.
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- Creator
- Stephen E. Ambrose
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- First Touchstone edition
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 1998
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- 528 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0684848015, 9780684848013, 0684815257, 9780684815251
- OCLC
- ocm39920349
- "A Touchstone book."
- This edition includes an afterword.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-516) and index.
- Battle for France: Expanding the Beachhead, June 7-30, 1944 -- Hedgerow fighting, July 1-24, 1944 -- Breakout and encirclement, July 25 -- August 25, 1944 -- To the Siegried line, August 26 -- September 30, 1944 -- The Siegfried line, October 1944 -- At the German border: Metz and the Hurtgen Forest, November 1 -- December 15, 1944 -- The Ardennes, December 16-19, 1944 -- The Ardennes, December 20-23, 1944 -- The holiday season, December 24-31, 1944 -- Night on the line -- Replacements and reinforcements, Fall 1944 -- The air war -- Medics, nurses, and doctors -- Jerks, sad sacks, profiteers, and Jim Crow -- Prisoners of war -- Overrunning Germany: Winter war, January 1945 -- Closing to the Rhine, February 1 -- March 6, 1945 -- Crossing the Rhine, March 7-31, 1945 -- Victory, April 1 -- May 7, 1945 -- Epilogue: GIs and modern America -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index