![]() ![]() And wow, he really does leave the reader feeling what it's like buried in a foxhole in the winter of 1944-45, which sounds all different kinds of awful.Ambrose covers the commanders too, and we get a little feel for Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, and Montgomery and some of their petty (and not so petty) differences. Ambrose's thesis is pretty clear from early on: the heroism and initiative of regular GIs was a huge factor in the victory over Germany. It's told, though, from the perspective of the soldiers themselves more than from the command level. Really a sequel to "D Day", this books starts on Jand covers the history of the European theater of WW II until the German surrender. ![]()
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