Foot Soldier for Patton Bilder Michael
Foot Soldier for Patton Bilder Michael A brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II . . . infantry experience in northern Europe, A Foot Soldier for Patton takes the reader from…
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Foot Soldier for Patton Bilder Michael
A brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II . . . infantry experience in northern Europe, A Foot Soldier for Patton takes the reader from the beaches of Normandy through the giddy drive across France, to the brutal battles on the Westwall, in the Ardennes, and finally to the conquest of Germany itself. A rarely frank account of the U.S.
But when the Germans stood firm the greatest fighting was done by Patton's long undersung infantry--the foot sloggers who were called upon to reduce enemy strong points, and who took the brunt of German counterattacks. Patton's army is best known for dashing armored attacks, its commander combining the firepower of tanks with their historic lineage as cavalry. Michael Bilder, a member of the 5th Infantry ("Red Diamond" division), played a unique role in the Third Army's onslaught.
A rifleman foremost, he was also a German-speaker,