Gleanings in Europe, the Rhine / by Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

Subjects: “…Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Travel Rhine River Valley.…”
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Counterspy : memoirs of a counterintelligence officer in World War II and the Cold War / by Cutler, Richard W.

Table of Contents: “…A big surprise -- Welcome to OSS -- Enigma, and double cross -- Counterespionage rookie -- London at war -- American spies in Germany -- Clearing agents before the Rhine crossing -- Victory in Europe -- Life in occupied Germany -- AmericaÆs challenge in Germany -- German evasiveness on Hitler -- Wartorn continent and Berlin -- Counterespionage case officer -- A narrow escape -- Joe House -- Plumbing the Russian mind -- Civilian status -- The Nuremberg trial -- Flying high -- Hooked on espionage.…”
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Tank driver : with the 11th Armored from the Battle of the Bulge to VE Day / by Hartman, J. Ted, 1925-

Table of Contents: “…Tucker -- The Army Beckons -- Basic Training at Camp Roberts -- ASTP at the University of Oregon -- Camp Cooke -- Going Abroad -- England -- Forced March across Northern France -- Entry into Battle -- The Ambush at Noville -- First and Second Drives to the Rhine -- Bloody Easter -- Bayreuth to Grafenwohr -- Release of Concentration Camp Prisoners -- The Fierce Battle for the City of Regen -- The Intensity of the Drive Continues -- Mauthausen, Gusen I, and Gusen II -- Mass Surrender and Death March -- Adjusting to Peacetime -- Waiting to Go Home -- Belgium Remembers: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge -- Belgium Revisited, May 2000: Belgian Memorial Day.…”
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Pogue's war : diaries of a WWII combat historian / by Pogue, Forrest C.

Table of Contents: “…London in the spring of 1944 -- We learn top secrets or we are bigoted -- Waiting in Cornwall -- Crossing the Channel one day late -- The Lieutenant John Spaulding interview -- First days in the field -- First interviews in the field -- The last weeks of June -- Writing history for a change -- The breakout at Saint-Lô -- Restless days at the rear -- Liberated Paris -- Last Days in Normandy -- Watching Paris come to life -- Opinion and politics in liberated Paris -- Return to the field -- The deadly forest -- The North flank of the bulge -- Regaining lost ground -- Battle for the dam -- The close-up to the Rhine -- Chasing the armor across Germany -- Another form of German culture: Buchenwald -- A non-sober history of the meeting with the Russians -- Pilzen on VE-Day.…”
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Sheldrake : memories of a Second World war gunner / by Hughes, Richard, 1913 or 1914-1998

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 17 'Operation Veritable' Reichswald Forest Weeze; Chapter 18 Crossing of the Rhine; Chapter 19 'Operation Eclipse' Final Push Through Germany; Chapter 20 Postscript; Appendix 1 Military Cross and the King's Letter; Appendix 2 Mention in Despatches; Appendix 3 497 Field Battery, Royal Artillery; Appendix 4 25 Pounder Field Gun; Glossary 1 Explanation of Selected Terms; Glossary 2 Divisional Infantry and Artillery; Glossary 3 53rd Welsh Division -- Order of Battle, 1944/1945; Acknowledgment.…”
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Battle diary : from D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE / by Martin, Charles Cromwell, 1918-

Table of Contents: “…The Calcar-Udem Road: Mooshof and Steeg, the Rhineland's Toughest FightingHochwald-Balberger Wald Road; Rest Periods: Another Version; Crossing the Rhine; The Bridge at Rha and Its Buildings: First War Mud; The Village of Sneek: The Last Battle; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendices; A: Letters; B: The Big Two Bugle Newsletter of the Queen's Own; C: Signed Recommendations for DCM and MM Awarded to Charles Cromwell Martin with Letters of Congratulation; D: Honours Awarded to Members of A Company, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada…”
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