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"This book picks up where Ambrose's bestseller about D-Day left off, taking the armies from the hedgerows of Normandy through the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau. It's an infantry soldier's-eye view of the war, filled with interviews of hundreds of soldiers from both sides. The tales run from the sublime (American soldiers capture a German who rescued an American from a burning tank, ask him if he would rather be a prisoner or return to his buddies, and let him go), to the anguished (ordered by superiors to keep all his men in their positions, German General Bayerlein reports "Not a single man is leaving his post. They are all lying silent in their foxholes for they are dead"; American foot soldiers gingerly try to avoid stepping on comrades flattened by tanks), to the ridiculous (surprised by three Germans, an American tries to surrender, but since they outnumber him they get to surrender while he has to go on). A thick book that reads fast."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
Time of history:
- 1940's
History of military?
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Nationality?
- American--General
Specific war?
- World War II
Subjects of this Historical Account
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Sympathetic
From a certain profession/group?
- land soldiers
Main Adversary
- infantry soldiers
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Nationality?
- German/Prussian
Ethnicity? (if plays big part)
- White/European
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Somewhat Sympathetic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
- France
Style
How much gore?
- 7 (a good amount)
How fast-paced is the book?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Book makes you feel...
- encouraged
How much focus on stories of individuals?
- Focuses on brief history of a lot of players
How much romance?
- 1 (None)
Is book humorous?
Yes
How much humor?
- 2 (a little)
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
Minor characters feature lots of:
- military
Length of book
- 450 pages+
How much emphasis on small details?
- 7 (a good amount)
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