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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, Stephen E. Ambrose

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-498) and index

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Citizen soldiers

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Stephen E. Ambrose

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

Includes maps indicating the Normandy Beachhead expansion, July 1-24, 1944; the pursuit to the Siegfried Line, Aug. 26-Sept. 14, 1944; the Ardennes Campaign, Dec. 16-25, 1944, Dec. 26, 1944-Jan. 16 1945, and Jan. 17-Feb. 7, 1945; the Battle of the Rhineland, Feb. 8-Mar. 28, 1945; and the drive to the Elbe, Apr. 4-May 7, 1945

pt. I. The 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 Siegfried line, August 26-September 30, 1944 ; The Siegfried line, October 1944 -- pt. II. 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 -- pt. III. Life in ETO: 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 -- pt. IV. 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 : The GIs and modern America

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