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From the first landings at Casablanca direct through to the crossing of the Elbe River and V-E Day, this book instructs the gripping history of the Western european theater of functions fights of World War II that American troops, sailors, and airmen took part in and of the strategy in it. The book's center is its bank account of such famous and remarkable shows as the landings in North Africa, Kasserine Pass, Salerno and Anzio; D-day; the liberation of Paris; the Struggle of the Bulge; the crossing of the Rhine; and the competition across Germany. It also tells the storyline of the conflicts between American and other Allied market leaders over how to go after the warfare and of convoys, U-boat wolf packages, the aerial warfare over Germany, the bombing of Dresden, and the ultimate surrender of the Nazis. MacDonald requires the listener back again to the build-up to warfare, taking a look at the circumstances of the American decision during the early on 1930s to focus, if warfare should come, on success in European countries first; and he describes at length the techniques America forged a disciplined fighting force when warfare broke out. MacDonald's portrayal of major armed forces figures - George S. Patton Jr., Mark W. Clark, and J. Lawton Collins, among others - is both fair and penetrating, and he compensates particular focus on other market leaders whose accomplishments aren't as well known. His options include official US Army files and immediate interviews with noncommissioned officers, privates, and top-level individuals such as Generals Eisenhower and Bradley. His bank account also reflects intense work with original documents and numerous newly available options as well as his own experience in the warfare as the commander of infantry rifle company. The Mighty Undertaking is a thoroughly researched history.
