CONTENTS
Cover
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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Map
PROLOGUE
THE GRAVES
Part One THE DUST BOWL
CHAPTER 1
THE WEST
CHAPTER 2
OFF TO WAR
Part Two ITALY
CHAPTER 3
SICILY
CHAPTER 4
THE RACE FOR MESSINA
CHAPTER 5
MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
Part Three ANZIO
CHAPTER 6
DANGER AHEAD
CHAPTER 7
HELL BROKE LOOSE
CHAPTER 8
A BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE
CHAPTER 9
THE BATTLE OF THE CAVES
CHAPTER 10
CROSSING THE LINE
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CHAPTER 11
THE BITCH-HEAD
CHAPTER 12
THE BREAKOUT
CHAPTER 13
ROME
Part Four FRANCE
CHAPTER 14
DAY 401
CHAPTER 15
THE CHAMPAGNE CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER 16
THE VOSGES
Part Five GERMANY
CHAPTER 17
BLACK DECEMBER
CHAPTER 18
THE BREAKING POINT
CHAPTER 19
DEFEAT
CHAPTER 20
THE RIVER
CHAPTER 21
THE SIEGFRIED LINE
CHAPTER 22
CASSINO ON THE MAIN
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CHAPTER 23
DOWNFALL
Part Six THE HEART OF DARKNESS
CHAPTER 24
THE DAY OF THE AMERICANS
CHAPTER 25
THE HOUNDS OF HELL
CHAPTER 26
THE COAL YARD
CHAPTER 27
THE LINDEN INCIDENT
CHAPTER 28
THE LONG DAY CLOSES
Part Seven LAST BATTLES
CHAPTER 29
THE LAST DAYS
CHAPTER 30
VICTORY IN EUROPE
CHAPTER 31
PEACE BREAKS OUT
CHAPTER 32
THE LAST BATTLE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
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