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Author | : Michael C. Bilder |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2008-11-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1935149628 |
Download A Foot Soldier for Patton Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This candid memoir of a GI serving under Gen. Patton offers a rare glimpse into the realities of life and combat in Europe during WWII. Though Gen. Patton’s army is famous for dashing armored attacks, some of the most intensive fighting of World War II was done by Patton’s infantry—the foot sloggers who were deployed to reduce enemy strong points. This candid account of the US infantry in the European theater takes the reader from the beaches of Normandy to the conquest of Germany—all through the eyes of an infantryman who had the unique perspective of speaking the enemy’s language. A fluent German speaker, Michael Bilder was called upon for interrogations and other special duties. As a combat lifeguard, he also played a key role in successive river crossings. Here, Bilder relates his experiences of infantry life, from German snipers to intoxicated Frenchwomen, to the often morbid humor of combat. He also describes the Battle of Metz in all its horror, as well as the 5th Infantry’s drive into the Bulge, where they faced their first winter battle against enemy veterans of Russia.
Author | : Edward H. Sims |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 199? |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Thomas W. Clarke |
Publisher | : American Historical Publishing |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2009-09-01 |
Genre | : Soldiers |
ISBN | : 9781608000067 |
Download George S. Patton's Typical Soldier Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : George Smith Patton |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780395735299 |
Download War as I Knew it Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The personal and candid account of General Patton's celebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during World War II First published in 1947, War as I Knew It is an absorbing narrative that draws from Patton's vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries, covering the moment the Third Army exploded onto the Brittany Peninsula to the final Allied casualty report. The result is not only a grueling, human account of daily combat and heroic feats--including a riveting look at the Battle of the Bulge--but a valuable chronicle by one of the most brilliant military strategists in history. Patton's letters from earlier military campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, complemented by a powerful retrospective of his guiding philosophies, further reveal a man of uncompromising will and uncommon character, which made "Georgie" a household name in mid-century America.
Author | : Robert Paul Fuller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 097405190X |
Download Last Shots for Patton's Third Army Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : R. Allen Rudolph |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download The Footsoldier's Opinion of General George S. Patton Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Carlo D'Este |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 1028 |
Release | : 1996-09-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780060927622 |
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Patton: A Genius for War is a full-fledged portrait of an extraordinary American that reveals the complex and contradictory personality that lay behind the swashbuckling and brash facade. According to Publishers Weekly, the result is "a major biography of a major American military figure." "This massive work is biography at its very best. Literate and meaty, incisive and balanced, detailed without being pedantic. Mr. D'Este's Patton takes its rightful place as the definitive biography of this American warrior." --Calvin L. Christman, Dallas Morning News "D'Este tells this story well, and gives us a new understanding of this great and troubled man."-The Wall Street Journal "An instant classic." --Douglas Brinkley, director, Eisenhower Center
Author | : Roscoe Richard Kingsbury |
Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0826266371 |
Download The Eighteen-year-old Replacement Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When the United States entered the Second World War, eighteen-year-old enlistees were routinely assigned temporary duties and not sent into battle until they turned nineteen. But as the fighting dragged on, America was eventually forced to draft younger men into combat to replace wounded troops--and following the Battle of the Bulge, more than 300,000 eighteen-year-olds were sent as replacements to the army's decimated divisions. In The Eighteen-Year-Old Replacement, Richard Kingsbury brings an often-overlooked perspective to the annals of World War II. Torn from an ordinary teenager's life in the Midwest, young Dick was drafted six weeks after D-Day and rushed with other eighteen-year-olds to the Siegfried Line to bolster Patton's 94th Infantry Division. His reminiscence provides a moving, diarylike account of what he endured both physically and emotionally--and tells how he went from boyhood to manhood almost overnight. In prose that is both succinct and evocative, Kingsbury recounts his experiences as a rifleman during the final bloody battles in Germany, giving readers a real feel for what combat was like for a raw recruit. He recalls his first night in a foxhole on the front line and the "unbelievable luxury" of sleeping in a barn's hayloft. He relives freezing cold at the Bulge, which permanently damaged his legs, and the pounding of enemy artillery during Patton's breakthrough of the German West Wall, which affected his hearing for life. More poignantly, Kingsbury shares his anxieties over killing--as well as the distinct possibility of being killed as Wehrmacht tanks mercilessly blasted individual foxholes at Bannholz Woods. He vividly recalls Patton's attack on Ludwigshafen, on the west bank of the Rhine, where he took a German bullet in his chest--and where three of the six newly arrived eighteen-year-olds were killed. Interspersed with the accounts of battle are letters between Dick and Mary Jo, his sweetheart back home, capturing the blossoming of romance that transcended both distance and bloodshed. His book casts a new light on war--and courtship--in an era when boys were rushed from the home front to the front lines. By showing how crucial the contribution of these young men was to the war effort, this book gives the eighteen-year-old replacements the recognition they have long deserved.
Author | : Gene Garrison |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2007-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0451222245 |
Download Unless Victory Comes Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A vivid, boots-on-the-ground memoir of World War II by an infantryman in General Patton’s army, from the Battle of the Bulge to Germany’s defeat On December 19, 1944, Gene Garrison turned nineteen. He spent his birthday in a muddy foxhole, listening to the cries of wounded comrades while exploding artillery shells sent shrapnel raining down on him and the enemy prepared to attack. It was his first day in combat. Unless Victory Comes recounts Garrison's journey as he was transformed from a fresh-faced kid from the farmlands of Ohio into a hardened soldier fighting for survival. From his baptism under fire, to the bitter fighting in the frozen Ardennes forest during Hitler’s last desperate push, to the end of the war on the Czechoslovakian border, Gene Garrison witnessed the war from the ground up. This is the story of one young man, far from home, surrounded by strangers, facing death yet never losing hope that he would live to see his family again.
Author | : Brenton G. General Wallace |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
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