and German veterans whose letters, memoirs and oral histories were used in the crafting of this account. Other features of the book include detailed maps showing battlefronts and army progress, meticulous footnotes from each chapter, an exhaustive bibliography, a comprehensive index, and a complete list of the full names of U.S. combat soldiers from the D-Day landings at Normandy to the surrender of Germany in 1945, inviting the reader to join his harrowing and inspirational account of the final eleven months of the war.īest known for his book-turned-TV-miniseries, “Band of Brothers”, Ambrose writes in a straightforward and readable manner, accessible to all who are interested in history and the strength of human character found in the common and everyday citizens who enlisted and were drafted into war.įollowing the timeline from the day after D-Day, the book includes three sections of contemporary black and white photographs that follow the chronological order of the chapters. Maps Introduction and Acknowledgements Prologue PART ONE: THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE - Expanding the Breachhead, June 7-30, 1944 Hedgerow Fighting, July 1-24, 1944 Breakout and Encirclement, July 25 - AugTo the Siegfried Line, August 26 - SeptemThe Siegfried Line, October 1944 PART TWO: AT THE GERMAN BORDER - Metz and the Hurtgen Forest, November 1 - DecemThe Ardennes, December 16-19, 1944 The Ardennes, December 20-23, 1944 The Holiday Season, December 24-31, 1944 PART THREE: LIFE IN ETO - Night on the Line Replacements and Reinforcements, Fall 1944 The Air War Medics, Nurses, and Doctors Jerks, Sad Sacks, Profiteers, and Jim Crow Prisoners of War PART FOUR: OVERRUNNING GERMANY - Winter War, January 1945 Closing to the Rhine, February 1 - MaCrossing the Rhine, March 7-31, 1945 Victory, April 1 - Epilogue: The GIs and Modern America Afterword Notes Bibliography Index.Written in the late 1990’s, Stephen Ambrose’s “Citizen Soldiers” draws upon oral histories, memoirs, and letters of Allied and German World War II combat veterans to write an engaging narrative that follows U.S.
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