Informationen zum Autor Stephen E. Ambrose Klappentext A look at the men of E Company of World War II, this gripping book describes how they parachuted into France early D-Day morning, parachuted into Holland in the Arnhem campaign, and captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost. Zusammenfassung Stephen E. Ambrose's iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the World War II's most extraordinary soldiers: Easy Company! 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment! 101st Airborne Division! US Army. They came together! citizen soldiers! in the summer of 1942! drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peakin Holland and the ArdennesEasy Company was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945! Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. In combat! the reward for a job well done is the next tough assignment! and as they advanced through Europe! the men of Easy kept getting the tough assignments. They parachuted into France early D-Day morning and knocked out a battery of four 105 mm cannon looking down Utah Beach; they parachuted into Holland during the Arnhem campaign; they were the Battered Bastards of the Bastion of Bastogne! brought in to hold the line! although surrounded! in the Battle of the Bulge; and then they spearheaded the counteroffensive. Finally! they captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost! his Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were rough-and-ready guys! battered by the Depression! mistrustful and suspicious. They drank too much French wine! looted too many German cameras and watches! and fought too often with other GIs. But in training and combat they learned selflessness and found the closest brotherhood they ever knew. They discovered that in war! men who loved life would give their lives for them. This is the story of the men who fought! of the martinet they hated who trained them well! and of the captain they loved who led them. E Company was a company of men who went hungry! froze! and died for each other! a company that took 150 percent casualties! a company where the Purple Heart was not a medalit was a badge of office. Inhaltsverzeichnis CHAPTER ONE "We Wanted Those Wings"; Camp Toccoa, July-December 1942CHAPTER TWO "Stand Up and Hook Up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942-September 1943CHAPTER THREE "Duties of the Latrine Orderly"; Aldbourne, September 1943-March 1944CHAPTER FOUR "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1-June 5, 1944CHAPTER FIVE "Follow Me"; Normandy, June 6, 1944CHAPTER SIX "Move Out!"; Carentan, June 7-July 12 1944CHAPTER SEVEN Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions; Aldbourne, July 13-September 16, 1944CHAPTER EIGHT "Hell's Highway"; Holland, September 17-October 1, 1944CHAPTER NINE The Island; Holland, October 2-November 25, 1944CHAPTER TEN Resting, Recovering, and Refitting; Mourmelon-le-Grand, November 26-December 18, 1944CHAPTER ELEVEN "They Got Us Surrounded -- the Poor Bastards"; Bastogne, December 19-31, 1944CHAPTER TWELVE The Breaking Point; Bastogne, January 1-13, 1945CHAPTER THIRTEEN Attack; Noville, January 14-17, 1945CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Patrol; Haguenau, January 18-February 23, 1945CHAPTER FIFTEEN "The Best Feeling in the World"; Mourmelon, February 25-April 2, 1945CHAPTER SIXTEEN Getting to Know the Enemy; Germany, April 2-30, 1945CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Drinking Hitler's Champagne; Berchtesgaden, May 1-8, 1945CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Soldier's Dream Life; Austria, May 8-July 31, 1945CHAPTER NINETEEN Postwar Careers; 1945-1991ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SOURCESINDEX...

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Stephen E. Ambrose

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A look at the men of E Company of World War II, this gripping book describes how they parachuted into France early D-Day morning, parachuted into Holland in the Arnhem campaign, and captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost.

Zusammenfassung
Stephen E. Ambrose’s iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers: Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army.

They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak—in Holland and the Ardennes—Easy Company was as good a rifle company as any in the world.

From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945, Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. In combat, the reward for a job well done is the next tough assignment, and as they advanced through Europe, the men of Easy kept getting the tough assignments.

They parachuted into France early D-Day morning and knocked out a battery of four 105 mm cannon looking down Utah Beach; they parachuted into Holland during the Arnhem campaign; they were the Battered Bastards of the Bastion of Bastogne, brought in to hold the line, although surrounded, in the Battle of the Bulge; and then they spearheaded the counteroffensive. Finally, they captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost, his Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden.

They were rough-and-ready guys, battered by the Depression, mistrustful and suspicious. They drank too much French wine, looted too many German cameras and watches, and fought too often with other GIs. But in training and combat they learned selflessness and found the closest brotherhood they ever knew. They discovered that in war, men who loved life would give their lives for them.

This is the story of the men who fought, of the martinet they hated who trained them well, and of the captain they loved who led them. E Company was a company of men who went hungry, froze, and died for each other, a company that took 150 percent casualties, a company where the Purple Heart was not a medal—it was a badge of office.

Inhalt

CHAPTER ONE "We Wanted Those Wings"; Camp Toccoa, July-December 1942

CHAPTER TWO "Stand Up and Hook Up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942-September 1943

CHAPTER THREE "Duties of the Latrine Orderly"; Aldbourne, September 1943-March 1944

CHAPTER FOUR "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1-June 5, 1944

CHAPTER FIVE "Follow Me"; Normandy, June 6, 1944

CHAPTER SIX "Move Out!"; Carentan, June 7-July 12 1944

CHAPTER SEVEN Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions; Aldbourne, July 13-September 16, 1944

CHAPTER EIGHT "Hell's Highway"; Holland, September 17-October 1, 1944

CHAPTER NINE The Island; Holland, October 2-November 25, 1944

CHAPTER TEN Resting, Recovering, and Refitting; Mourmelon-le-Grand, November 26-December 18, 1944

CHAPTER ELEVEN "They Got Us Surrounded -- the Poor Bastards"; Bastogne, December 19-31, 1944

CHAPTER TWELVE The Breaking Point; Bastogne, January 1-13, 1945

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Attack; Noville, January 14-17, 1945

CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Patrol; Haguenau, January 18-February 23, 1945

CHAPTER FIFTEEN "The Best Feeling in the World"; Mourmelon, February 25-April 2, 1945

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Getting to Know the Enemy; Germany, April 2-30, 1945

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Drinking Hitler's Champagne; Berchtesgaden, May 1-8, 1945

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Soldier's Dream Life; Austria, May 8-July 31, 1945

CHAPTER NINETEEN Postwar Careers; 1945-1991

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