ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN(ISBN=9780891418368) fb2 免费 lrf 下载 kindle azw3 pdf 阿里云

In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow

paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for

the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains

outside Naples.

In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for

the D-Day invasion of France, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, the Fifth Army

commander, requested that the division’s 504th Parachute Infantry

Regiment, Maggie’s outfit, stay behind for a daring new operation

that would outflank the Nazis’ stubborn defensive lines and open

the road to Rome. On 22 January 1944, Megellas and the rest of the

504th landed across the beach at Anzio. Following initial success,

Fifth Army’s amphibious assault, Operation Shingle, bogged down in

the face of heavy German counterattacks that threatened to drive

the Allies into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Anzio turned into a fiasco, one

of the bloodiest Allied operations of the war. Not until April were

the remnants of the regiment withdrawn and shipped to England to

recover, reorganize, refit, and train for their next mission.

In September, Megellas parachuted into Holland along with the rest

of the 82d Airborne as part of another star-crossed mission, Field

Marshal Montgomery’s vainglorious Operation Market Garden. Months

of hard combat in Holland were followed by the Battle of the Bulge,

and the long hard road across Germany to Berlin.

Megellas was the most decorated officer of the 82d Airborne

Division and saw more action during the war than most. Yet All

the Way to Berlin is more than just Maggie’s World War II

memoir. Throughout his narrative, he skillfully interweaves stories

of the other paratroopers of H Company, 504th Parachute Infantry

Regiment. The result is a remarkable account of men at war.

From the Hardcover edition.

Preface

Introduction

Map Section

I      At War

II    The Call to Arms

III   Italy

IV    Anzio

V     England

VI    Market Garden

VII   Linkup with British Armor

VIII   Assault Across the Waal

IX    Holland: Defensive Phase

X     Holland Postmortem

XI    Battle of the Bulge

XII   The Tide of Battle Turns

XIII   Herresbach, Belgium

XIV  Return to France

XV   Watch on the Rhine

XVI  Hitler's Last Gasp

XVII  Occupation of Berlin: A City Divided

XVIII The 82d Returns to New York

Epilogue

Acknowledgments and Sources

James Megellas was born in Fond du Lac,

Wisconsin. After the war he returned to civilian life. He

eventually served in the U.S. Army’s effort to aid the Republic of

Vietnam in establishing an efficient infrastructure as head of

Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) in

II Corps. He is now retired and lives with wife, Carole, near

Dallas.

暂无出版社相关信息，正在全力查找中！

暂无相关书籍摘录，正在全力查找中！

在线阅读地址：ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN(ISBN=9780891418368)在线阅读

在线听书地址：ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN(ISBN=9780891418368)在线收听

在线购买地址：ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN(ISBN=9780891418368)在线购买

暂无原文赏析，正在全力查找中！

暂无其它内容！