On to BerlinFrom the foxholes of Italy and Normandy to the tense Allied high command headquarters in London, the Allied victory in Europe is dramatically recounted in this stirring memoir by a general who was there, making history both in the war rooms and on the front lines. Gavin organized the famous 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. |
From inside the book
Try this search over all volumes: grTMpzrL
Results 1-0 of 0
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
3rd Battalion 82nd Airborne Division airborne forces airfields Allied Amblève River American amphibious antitank Armored Army Group Arnhem artillery assault attack battle battle of Normandy bazooka began Berlin Bradley British British Second Army captured Chief of Staff Colonel combat Command Post Corps counterattack crossing daylight defensive Division Command drop zone Eisenhower Eisenhower's enemy Field Marshal fighting final fire forces fought front Gela German glider Groesbeek headquarters Hermann Goering Division Huertgen Infantry Division Italian jeep jump Kall River landing Lieutenant Major mander Manhay miles mission Montgomery moved night Nijmegen Nijmegen bridge Normandy officers operation Panzer Division Parachute Infantry paratroopers Patton platoon position regiment Rhine ridge Ridgway River road Russians seemed seize Sicily situation soldier Soviets Stavelot tactical tanks told took town Trois Ponts troopers U.S. Army U.S. First Army U.S. Ninth Army Vandervoort Vielsalm weapons Werbomont withdraw wounded yards