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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

Title

Citizen soldiers : the U.S. Army from the Normandy beaches to the Bulge to the surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945 / Stephen E. Ambrose.

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Publication

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 1998.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JFE 01-2746	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description

528 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

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.

Subjects

Soldiers > United States > History > 20th century
United States > Army > History > World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front

Note

"A Touchstone book."
This edition includes an afterword.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-516) and index.

Contents

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.

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