World War II
>From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Stephen E. Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men who fought it. By explaining the story of the "GIs, junior officers and enlisted men" (Ambrose 14) who, in 1944 and 1945, proved Hitler wrong by driving his Wehrmacht back from the beaches of Normandy to the heart of Germany. As the name implies, Citizen Soldiers is not so much a study on tactical moves as it is on the citizen soldier from all parts of the United States. The book concentrates on the American GI Joe and not the Allies as a whole. The epic drama of the European Theater of Operation (ETO) is told by Ambrose by following, almost step by step, various individuals and outfits among the tens of thousands of young Allied soldiers who broke away from the deadly beaches of Normandy and swept across France to Ardennes, fought the Battle of the Bulge, captured the bridge at Remagen, and crossed the Rhine to final victory in Europe. Ambrose observes that the U.S. broke the Nazi war machine with massive aerial bombing, artillery, and the great mobility of attacking tanks and infantry. But, he argues, it was not technology but the bravery and character of the young GIs that
------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. which called for a crossing of the Lower Rhine at Arnhem" (Baxter 148). However, with opposition from his Generals, Hitler insisted that they would counter the offensive movements with the Luftwaffe and the development of the V-2. The American way was to fight with "Aggressive tactics" (Ambrose 35). Both men hated one another and both wanted to be the first to arrive at Berlin. to move reinforcements to the front or to reposition units" (Ambrose 49). The left little to the Allies and destroyed everything in their withdraw wake. It is at this period June 1944 that Germany has failed to stop a beach invasion and is being attacked from at four fronts, the Eastern, Western, Southern, and home. The second problem faced by young G.
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