'44 In Combat from Normandy to the Ardennes

by Charles Whiting (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $3.94

  Recreates the combat soldiers' world of fifty years ago down to the most intimate detail. This work presents the story of early confidence turning to disillusion as the campaign wore on - appalling strategic blunders, of strained relations among the Allies, and, of ideals steadily overtaken by the grim realities of war.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $4.36

  This text recreates the combat soldiers' world of forty years ago, describing their weapons, their food, how they coped, lived in hope and often died in agony; as early confidence turned to bitter disillusion following appalling strategic blunders and strained relations among the allies.