![]() ![]() Examples of this include reporting the main armament of the German Panther tank as an 88mm gun, when it was in fact a 75mm, referring to the V-1 cruise missile as radio controlled, when it actually used a simple auto-pilot, and misidentifying a photograph of an American tank as an M-4 Sherman, when it is actually an M-5 Stuart. As with Michael Doubler's Closing With the Enemy, this book does a credible job refuting the image of GI's as tactically inept civilians in uniform, who triumphed only through overwhelming firepower.Īmbrose's reliance on oral history leads to occasional minor technical errors. In the Prologue, Ambrose outlines his main goal, to show that the American GI was a capable and effective fighting man. Liberally filled with soldier's stories and anecdotes, this is a highly readable and enjoyable book. Although the book has a narrative focus, this is primarily an oral history, using the soldier's own words as prime means of telling its story. Generals and strategy enter the picture only to the extent that they affect the front-line soldiers. As in D-Day, Ambrose concentrates on the individual soldier and his experiences. ![]() It begins, in fact, on June 7, where the earlier book ended. ![]() In many ways this book is a continuation of Ambrose's earlier work, D-Day. ![]()
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