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The victors, Eisenhower and his boys : the men of World War II, Stephen E. Ambrose

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The victors, Eisenhower and his boys : the men of World War II, Stephen E. Ambrose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-379) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The victors

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bibliography

Oclc number

39533921

Responsibility statement

Stephen E. Ambrose

Sub title

Eisenhower and his boys : the men of World War II

Summary

A telling of the war in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. Ambrose draws on thousands of interviews and oral histories from government and private archives, from the high command Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton--on down through officers and enlisted men--to re-create the last year of the Second World War when the Allied soldiers pushed the Germans out of France, chased them across Germany, and destroyed the Nazi regime

Table Of Contents

Preparation -- Getting started -- Planning and training for overlord -- "OK, let's go" -- The opening hours of D-Day -- Utah Beach -- Omaha Beach -- Pointe-du-Hoc -- The British and Canadian Beaches -- The end of the day -- Hedgerows -- Breakout and pursuit -- At the German border -- Metz, Aachen, and the Hurtgen -- The Battle of the Bulge -- Night on the line -- The Rhineland battles -- Overrunning Germany -- The GIs

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