America's forgotten army : the story of the U.S. Seventh
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Book
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America's forgotten army : the story of the U.S. Seventh
Other title(s):
Story of the U.S. Seventh
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ISBN:
9780312976552
9781800557574
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2001, ©1999.
Physical Description:
245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 17 cm
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Contents:
Sicily: baptism in blood, July-August 1943 -- The Champagne assault, August-September 1944 -- The Vosges attack, November-December 1944 -- Counterattack, January 1945 -- Storm to the Rhine, February-March 1945 -- End run, April-May 1945 -- Envoi, 1990.
Summary:
In Normandy the great invasion had begun. In the Pacific, the U.S. Navy went toe to toe with Japan. And far from the spotlight-but right in the heart of World War II-the U.S. Seventh Army was charging "up the gut" of Nazi-held Europe. Overlooked by the press and historians, the Seventh would battle its way from Sicily to France and into Germany itself. In this thrilling chronicle, Charles Whiting captures the men who risked their lives to fight for the Seventh, from Patton-charismatic, ferocious and flawed-to a hardscrabble Texan named Audie Murphy, America's most decorated fighting man. Here are blow-by-blow accounts of courageous charges against dug-in German machine gun nests, of horrific battles through the bloodied snows of the Alps, ferocious Panzer-led counterstrikes, sniper attacks, and finally an assault on Hitler's own mountaintop retreat, the Eagle's Nest. Capturing war in all its vivid horror and courage, America's Forgotten Army is an unforgettable testament to American GIs-the ordinary men whose blood and bravery crushed the powers of the Third Reich
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