western front

A comprehensive study of the battlefields of World War I that includes two CD-ROMs with full panoramic photographs of the Western Front along with recollections of the soldiers who fought there.

Describes trench warfare tactics used on the Western front during World War I, featuring photographs and first-hand accounts, and discussing the different types of trenches, how they were constructed and fortified, and the weapons and strategies used to defend them.

Based upon the notes, journals, letters, photographs, and interviews of veterans and survivors of Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division of World War II, the author reveals the untold stories about the real Band of Brothers.

Intensive study of the background of the first World War, and of the battles of Liege, Tannenberg, Mons and others fought during the first thirty days.

Presents representative selections from the writings of World War I nurses Ellen N. La Motte and Mary Borden in which they describe their experiences in a field hospital on the Western Front, and discuss their feelings about saving the lives of men only to return them to battle. An anthology of reprinted war sketches from E.N. La Motte's "The backwash of war" and M. Borden's "The forbidden zone.".

Chronicles the memoirs of World War One Lieutenant Hervey Allen of the twenty-eighth Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard who saw action on the Western front during the summer of 1918 and focuses primarily on the controversial military action at the village of Fismette.

Details the experiences of twenty-three members of the Army's 101st Airborne Division--also known as Easy Company--and describes training, combat, victories and losses, and more.

Contains excerpts from radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, letters, journals, and government documents that tell the story of American troop involvement in the European theatre of World War II.

The story of the men who were in Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne during World War II.

Tells the story of the soldiers of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations in World War II, following their activities from D-Day on June 7, 1944 to Germany's surrender eleven months later on May 7, 1945.