The Victors: The Men of WWII: Ambrose Simon & Schuster
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781471158803
ISBN-10: 1471158802
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 3 x 16pp b-w plates
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Reissue
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
Seria Ambrose Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10: 1471158802
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 3 x 16pp b-w plates
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Reissue
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
Seria Ambrose 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.
Descriere
THE VICTORS is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose. It follows the momentous events of the war from D-Day, 6 June 1944, through to the final days when the Allied soldiers pushed the German troops out of France, chased them across Germany, and, on 7 May 1945, destroyed the Nazi regime. At the centre of this epic drama are the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought, proving eventually unbeatable. Drawing from his extensive research for his previous bestselling books on the conflict, Ambrose creates one of the most exciting single-volume histories of the Second World War ever written. THE VICTORS is a compelling celebration of military genius and heroism, and of camaraderie and courage.
Cuprins
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.
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.