Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-516) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Citizen soldiers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

39920349

Responsibility statement

Stephen E. Ambrose

Sub title

the U.S. Army from the Normandy beaches to the Bulge to the surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

Classification