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Stephen Ambrose

USA · WWII — American GI experience

About

Popular historian who brought the stories of ordinary soldiers to a mass audience.

Books in Database (5)

Pegasus Bridge cover
Pegasus Bridge 1985 · 198 pages

The glider assault that opened D-Day — six minutes past midnight, the first house in France liberated.

Popular History
Band of Brothers cover
Band of Brothers 1992 · 333 pages

The story of Easy Company, 506th PIR, from D-Day to Hitler's Eagle's Nest.

Popular History
D-Day: June 6, 1944 cover
D-Day: June 6, 1944 1994 · 656 pages

The American experience on D-Day, told through hundreds of oral histories from the men who fought.

Popular History
Citizen Soldiers cover
Citizen Soldiers 1997 · 512 pages

The American soldier's experience from the Normandy beaches to the fall of Germany.

Popular History
The Wild Blue cover
The Wild Blue 2001 · 299 pages

The B-24 crews over Germany, told through the squadron of a young pilot named George McGovern.

Popular History

Events Covered

1944 D-Day / Normandy Landings 1944 Battle of the Bulge 1945 Bombing of Dresden 1945 Fall of Berlin