Intensive study of the background of the first World War, and of the battles of Liege, Tannenberg, Mons and others fought during the first thirty days.
Presents representative selections from the writings of World War I nurses Ellen N. La Motte and Mary Borden in which they describe their experiences in a field hospital on the Western Front, and discuss their feelings about saving the lives of men only to return them to battle. An anthology of reprinted war sketches from E.N. La Motte's "The backwash of war" and M. Borden's "The forbidden zone.".
Chronicles the memoirs of World War One Lieutenant Hervey Allen of the twenty-eighth Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard who saw action on the Western front during the summer of 1918 and focuses primarily on the controversial military action at the village of Fismette.
Details the experiences of twenty-three members of the Army's 101st Airborne Division--also known as Easy Company--and describes training, combat, victories and losses, and more.
Contains excerpts from radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, letters, journals, and government documents that tell the story of American troop involvement in the European theatre of World War II.
the U.S. Army from the Normandy beaches to the Bulge to the surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945
Ambrose, Stephen E
1997
Tells the story of the soldiers of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations in World War II, following their activities from D-Day on June 7, 1944 to Germany's surrender eleven months later on May 7, 1945.
Chronicles the United States' involvement in Europe during World War II and discusses how the soldiers who fought in Europe were affected by the experiences in the war.
Discusses reasons for Allied victories on the Western Front during 1914-1918; describes trench warfare, coping strategies, and the role of women; shows how these campaigns are remembered.
Why did World War I end with a whimper, essentially an arrangement between two weary opponents to suspend hostilities? After more than four years of desperate fighting, why did the Allies reject the option of advancing into Germany in 1918 and taking Berlin? Did such an incomplete victory join the other reasons as the cause of World War II?.
