Two Fronts, One War  
Author(s): Charles W. Sasser
Published by Pen and Sword
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ISBN: 9781473834606
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War is the story of individuals painted into a broader tapestry of overpowering events. While examining the wider historical perspective to lay the foundation, this book relates the individual stories of the Second World War – of Allied bomber pilots shot down over Germany, of American dogfaces fighting to grip a toehold on Iwo Jima, of men struggling for survival during the Bataan Death March, of tankers in Europe and pilots who flew the first B-29s against Japan's mainland, of incredible feats of heroism and self-sacrifice, even of great wartime romances.

The author interviewed more than two dozen U.S. veterans for this book. Most of these stories have never before been published. Together, they provide a true account of what the war was really like for those individuals who actually fought it on the two main fronts of the war – Europe and the South Pacific.
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War is the story of individuals painted into a broader tapestry of overpowering events. While examining the wider historical perspective to lay the foundation, this book relates the individual stories of the Second World War – of Allied bomber pilots shot down over Germany, of American dogfaces fighting to grip a toehold on Iwo Jima, of men struggling for survival during the Bataan Death March, of tankers in Europe and pilots who flew the first B-29s against Japan's mainland, of incredible feats of heroism and self-sacrifice, even of great wartime romances.

The author interviewed more than two dozen U.S. veterans for this book. Most of these stories have never before been published. Together, they provide a true account of what the war was really like for those individuals who actually fought it on the two main fronts of the war – Europe and the South Pacific.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Plates and Maps
  • Foreword
  • Dedication
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Japanese Victories
    • Saving Dorie Miller
    • Taking the Philippines
    • The March
  • Chapter 2: Battle for the Aleutians
    • Bitter Cold
  • Chapter 3: South Pacific Ordeal
    • Shark Attack
  • Chapter 4: Mediterranean Battles
    • Scalps
    • Up Front
  • Chapter 5: The Bombing of Germany
    • The Encounter
    • Paying the Price
    • Survivor
  • Chapter 6: Prisoners of War
    • The Diary
  • Chapter 7: Mediterranean Air Force
    • When Your Number Is Up
  • Chapter 8: Invading Europe
    • Pray and Pass the Ammunition
    • Airborne Assault
    • McNasty
  • Chapter 9: Pacific Island-Hopping
    • Marine Sergeant
  • Chapter 10: Black Americans at War
    • Panther Battalion
  • Chapter 11: Fighter Combat
    • Quapaw Squaw
  • Chapter 12: Market Garden
    • A Bridge Too Far
  • Chapter 13: The Battle of the Bulge
    • The Cross
    • Massacre at Wereth
  • Chapter 14: Iwo Jima Ordeal
    • On the Island
  • Chapter 15: Prisoners of the Japanese
    • The Raid
  • Chapter 16: Love in War
    • Taffy and the Colonel
    • The End in Europe
  • Chapter 17: Preparing for Armageddon
    • Keep ’Em Running
    • “Little Boy”
  • Chapter 18: At the Bitter End
    • Too Late to Fight
    • Final Plans
    • The Last Air Raid
  • Chapter 19: Ending the War
    • The Camp
  • Chapter 20: Punishing the Guilty
    • Hangings at Nuremberg
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
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