DDC/MDS
| 940.54/21 |
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University press, 1981.
Description
Includes material on "Field Marshal Montgomery and Ike's lieutenants--Omar N. Bradley, Jacob L. Devers, Courtney H. Hodges, George S. Patton, Jr., Alexander M. Patch, William H. Simpson, Leonard T. Gerow, J. Lawton Collins, and Matthew B. Ridgway, among others."
Status
Available
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User reviews
LibraryThing member Whiskey3pa
Well written and useful look at the men who conducted the war in Europe.
LibraryThing member Bpolybius
Maybe the best book on the last two tears of WWII. The many maps are very helpful.
LibraryThing member Oskar_Matzerath
Covers the war in Europe from Normandy to the surrender in May 1945. After the breakout from Normandy, the allies didn't just mop up. This book gives some detail of the endless, endless killing by all armies during this time. It's less than a year, but when you finish the book, it seems a hundred
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Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — 1982)
Physical description
xviii, 800 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
0253133335 / 9780253133335
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