Hugh Cole: 2 books

Narrative, Kindle version of the US Army Green Book series. Extensive, detailed and authoritative there are no more comprehensive accounts of World War II, unless perhaps it is the very similar British HMSO Official histories. The many maps, table and diagrams of the original have been removed...

[Includes 14 maps and 96 photos] During most of the eleven months between D-day and V-E day, the U.S. Army was carrying on highly successful offensive operations. As a consequence, the American soldier was buoyed with success, imbued with the idea that his enemy could not strike him a really heavy...