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Stephen E. Ambrose offers a gripping history of the United States Army in northwest Europe, following the conflict from the first hours after D‑Day on June 7, 1944, through the Allied victory on May 7, 1945. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, he illustrates the war’s brutality and the personal experiences of soldiers at all levels—from high command to field troops—providing a detailed, unsanitized view of the campaigns across the western front. The book positions itself as a companion biography to the European war effort, emphasizing firsthand testimony to recreate the immediacy of combat and the human aspects of the conflict.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Stephen E. Ambrose
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