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Description edit
A TRUE CELEBRATION OF HEROISM AND BRAVERY From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of World War II in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. The author himself drew this authoritative narrative... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Eisenhower: Add a description of this character.
- Marshall
- Patton
- Dawson
- Bradley
- John Howard
- Hitler
- Rommel
- Wally Parr
- Honan
- Smith
- Mabry
- Higgins
- Bouck
- Coyle
- Wray
- Montgomery
- Jodi
- Gavin
- Cota
- James
- Hodges
- Russell
- Lipton
- Kerchner
- Holland
- Mamie
- Sampson
- Roosevelt
- Norman
- Cook
- Guamere
- Webster
- Vermeer
- Fox
- Reese
- Jack
- Billy Gray
- Churchill
- Johnson
- Tedder
- Richard Winters
- Piat
- Padberg
- Gammon
- Doenitz
- Kuhn
Setting & Locations edit
- France
- Germany
- England
- Berlin
- Omaha Beach
- Belgium
- Bastogne
- Utah Beach
- North Africa
- Channel
- Northwest Europe
- Aachen
- Siegfried Line
- Paris
- London
- Eto
- United States
- Arnhem
- America
- Sicily
- Antwerp
- Russia
- Vandervoort
- U.s. Army
- Tunisia
- Hurtgen
- Britain
- Washington
- Brittany
- Poland
- Italy
- Atlantic Wall
- Dachau
- Rhine River
- West Point
- Shaef
- Pointe-du-hoc
- Kansas
- Toccoa
- Portsmouth
- Cologne
- Austria
- Nijmegen
- Texas
- Australia
First Sentence edit
AT THE BEGINNING of World War II, in September 1939, the Western democracies were woefully unprepared for the challenge the totalitarians hurled at them.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephen E. Ambrose (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 940.541273
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Military › World War II › Western Front
- Books › History › Military › United States
- Books › History › World › 20th Century
- Books › History › Americas › United States
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