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.

PART ONE. THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE.- 1. Expanding the Beachhead, june 7-30, 1944 / 2. Hedgerow fighting, july-24, 1944 / 3. Breakout and encirclement, july 25-august 25, 1944 / 4. To the Siegfried line, August 26-september 30, 1944 / 5. The Siegfried line, october 1944 /

PART TWO. AT THE GERMAN BORDER.- 6. Metz and the Hurtgen forest, novembrer 1-december 15, 1944 / 7. The Ardennes, december 16-19, 1944 / 8. The Ardennes, december 20-23, 1944 / 9. The holiday season, december 24-31, 1944 /

PART THREE. LIFE IN ETO.- 10. Night on the line / 11. Replacements and reinforcements, fall 1944 / 12. The air war / 13. Medic, nurses and doctors / 14. Jerks, sad sacks, profiteers and Jim Crow / 15. Prisoner of war /

PART FOUR. OVERRUNNING GERMANY.- 16. Winter war, january 1945 / 17. Closing to the Rhine, february 1-march 6, 1945 / 18. Crossing the Rhine, march 7-31, 1945 / 19. Victory, april 1-may 7, 1945 /

Epilogue: The GIs and modern America.-

Afterword.-

Notes.-

Bibliography.-

Index.-

MAPS.- 1. Expanding the Normandy Beachhead, july 1-24, 1944. / 2. The exploitation, august 14-25, 1944 / 3. The pursuit to the Siegfried Line, august 26-deptember 14, 1944/ 4. Battle of attrition, September 16-25, 1944 / 5. The Ardennes Campaign, December 16-25, 1944 / 6. The Ardennes Campaign, December 26, 1944-january 16, 1945 / 7. The Ardennes Campaign, january 17-february 7, 1945 / 8. Battle of the Rhineland. february 8-march 28, 1945 / 9. Drive to the Elbe, april 4-may 7, 1945 /

Es una biografía del Ejército de los EE. UU. en el teatro de operaciones europeo, y Ambrose nuevamente sigue a los personajes individuales de esta guerra noble, brutal y trágica. Desde el alto mando hasta el soldado ordinario, Ambrose se basa en cientos de entrevistas para recrear la experiencia de la guerra con una claridad e inmediatez sorprendentes. Desde los setos de Normandía hasta la invasión de Alemania, Ambrose cuenta la historia real de la Segunda Guerra Mundial desde la perspectiva de los hombres y mujeres que lucharon en ella.