Combat

European Theatre, World War II

Don Congdon

• Publisher: Lucknow Books
• Year: 2016
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781786258489
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

From El Alamein to the breaching of the Siegfried Line, here are the major battles, unforgettably recorded by the men who fought them.
EUROPEAN THEATER, 1940 to 1945
From the over-all view of grand strategy to the fox-hole view of the individual rifleman, these authoritative accounts recreate with immediacy and in full dimension the historic battle for Europe.
THE CHASE OF THE BISMARCK
BEHIND ROMMEL'S LINES
ATTACK AT EL ALAMEIN
RAID ON REGENSBURG
THE BATTLE FOR CASSINO
ANZIO TO ROME
AIR DROP ON NORMANDY
OMAHA BEACH
BREAKOUT AT ST. LÔ
THE HÜRTGEN FOREST
BASTOGNE THE CAPTURE OF REMAGEN BRIDGE
SMASHING THE SIEGFRIED LINE
and other battles
Complete with maps and running commentary, this is a companion volume to COMBAT: PACIFIC THEATER-WORLD WAR II.

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• HERE IS THE WAY IT WAS
• INTRODUCTION
• THE CHASE OF THE BISMARCK by Capt. Russell Grenfell
• BEHIND ROMMEL’S LINES by Capt. Douglas M. Smith (as told to Cecil Carnes)
• ATTACK AT EL ALAMEIN by Maj. H. P. Samwell
• RAID ON REGENSBURG by Lt.-Col. Beirne Lay, Jr.
• THE BATTLE FOR CASSINO by Fred Majdalany
• ANZIO TO ROME by Eric Sevareid
• AIR DROP ON NORMANDY by Capt. Laurence Critchell
• ASSAULT FROM THE SEA by Chester Wilmot
• BREAKOUT AT ST. LÔ by Alan Moorehead
• FLAME THROWER by Capt. Andrew Wilson
• IN THE HÜRTGEN FOREST by Sgt. Mack Morriss
• THE INCREDIBLE PATROL by Cpl. Russ Engel
• BASTOGNE by Capt. Laurence Critchell
• “HIDE AND SEEK” IN THE REICHSWALD by Lance-Cpl. R. M. Wingfield
• THE CAPTURE OF REMAGEN BRIDGE by Capt. Ken Hechler
• SMASHING THE SIEGFRIED LINE by Lt.-Col. Wallace Cheves
• REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER