"Blending narrative and carefully transcribed excerpts from his journals, Pogue's War: Diaries of a WWII Combat Historian is the book that Forrest C. Pogue always meant for publication but never found time to complete. Best known for his four-volume biography of General George G. Marshall and for The Supreme Command, an account of Eisenhower's leadership in the European Theater, Pogue was one of the Army's greatest WWII combat historians. Distinguished by his use of well-honed interviewing skills to recreate the action, Pogue was able to connect with everyone from the lowest private to the highest-ranking general."--Jacket.

Includes index.

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.