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The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II

Autor Stephen E. Ambrose
en Limba Engleză Paperback – noi 1999
Stephen A. Ambrose draws from and integrates in this one-volume history of the Second World War his five acclaimed books about the conflict, most particularly from the definitive and comprehensive D-DAY and CITIZEN SOLDIERS. THE VICTORS is woven into a chronological continuing narrative, beginning with the preparation and training of the Allied armies and Eisenhower's decision to cross the English Channel to capture the Normandy beaches on D-DAY. From Utah bridge to The Bulge and on to Hitler's Eagle's nest in Germany, Ambrose describes the momentous events of the war until the final days when the Allied soldiers pushed the German troops out of France, chased them across Germany, and destroyed the Nazi regime, making this the definitive history of the Second World War. At the centre of this epic drama are the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought and rose to the occasion, proving eventually unbeatable. THE VICTORS displays Ambrose's scholarship and authority, his readability, and the powerful love and admiration for these young men that make his books on war so moving and popular.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780684856292
ISBN-10: 0684856298
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 3 16-page b &w inserts
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:Touchstone.
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster

Notă biografică

Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History.

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Contents

Introduction

1 Preparation

2 Getting Started

3 Planning and Training for Overlord

4 "Ok, Let's Go"

5 The Opening Hours of D-Day

6 Utah Beach

7 Omaha Beach

8 Pointe-Du-Hoc

9 The British and Canadian Beaches

10 The End of the Day

11 Hedgerows

12 Breakout and Pursuit

13 At the German Border

14 Metz, Aachen, and the Hurtgen

15 The Battle of the Bulge

16 Night on the Line

17 The Rhineland Battles

18 Overrunning Germany

19 The GIs

Sources

Index

Maps

The Invasion of France, June 6-August 25, 1944

The Defeat of Germany, August 1944-May 1945

Recenzii

Nathaniel Tripp The New York Times Book Review Ambrose is a superb historian.
William R. Wineke Wisconsin State Journal The Victors is an absolutely wonderful book...a compelling narrative of a time when the average American youth exhibited heroism and grace to save the world.
Theo Lippman, Jr. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Fresh and riveting.
Calvin L. Christman The Dallas Morning News A brief, readable, and necessary remembrance of a generation that met and overcome this century's greatest test.
John Gregory Dunne The New Yorker [Ambrose's] skill at weaving his interviews into a good read is impressive.
Harry Crumpacker St. Petersburg Times No historian writing today understands and empathizes with the World Ware II generation of Americans better than Stephen Ambrose...Reading this book will leave only a profound understanding of an undeniable truth.

Descriere

The war in Europe, from D-Day to Berlin, by one of the most pre-eminent military historians. Ambrose's attention is, as always, on the ordinary men who fought, endured, and won.