Greatest Stories of World War II on Land, edited by Robin Cross

Greatest Stories of World War II on Land, edited by Robin Cross
Castle Books, 1994
244 pages, no index, no photos
Originally published in England as True Stories of WWII.
Library: 940.53 GRE

Description
In World War II, mighty political and technical forces were harnessed but, at the end of the day, victory was secured and defeat suffered by the soldiers on the ground. Gathered here are their own stories in their own words-eyewitness accounts of the experience of battle.

These stories bear testimony to the many faces of soldiering in the greatest conflict in human history. The reality of war with its strange combination of tedium, tension and terror is vividly evoked from sniping duels in the ruins of Stalingrad to the bitter battles fought for specks in the Pacific Ocean and the clash of armor in Normandy.

The sights and sounds of war are described by those who fought on Crete, in the Western Desert, in the Pacific and at Arnhem. There is heroism under fire, the grim humor of endurance, the exhilaration of victory and the despair of defeat.

From generals to GIs, these are the true voices of men at war.

True sea stories and true air stories of World War II will be published in 1995.

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Dunkirk to Wake Island
2. From Dieppe to Prokhorovvka
3. The Struggle for Italy
4. War in the Pacific
5. A Foothold in Europe
6. The Road to Victory