'44: In Combat From Normandy To The Ardenne (Charles Whiting ""West Wall"" Series) - Hardcover

Whiting, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580970451 ISBN 13: 9781580970457

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2000

Synopsis

The ordinary fighting man often paid the price for his generals' mistakes. In this book Charles Whiting recreates the combat soldiers' world of fifty years ago down to the most intimate detail: their weapons, the food they ate, how they learned to cope with the ever-present threat, how they lived in hope and died in agony. From the beaches of Normandy to the cruel setbacks at Arnhem and the Battle of the Bulge, '44: In Combat from Normandy to the Ardennes is the story of early confidence turning to disillusion as the campaign wore on—appalling strategic blunders, of strained relations among the Allies, of ideals steadily overtaken by the grim realities of war.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Whiting served with a reconnaisance outfit in WWII and has since become one of the premier historians of the war. Among his many best-selling works are Patton, The Last Assault, and Death on a Distant Frontier. He currently lives in York, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1580970451
• ISBN 13: 9781580970457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240