Discusses engineer operations during the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and northwest Europe.

Introduction -- The engineers cross the Atlantic, 1941-1942 -- The engineer machine in motion in the United Kingdom, 1942 -- The engineers in the invasion of North Africa -- The Tunisian Campaign -- Sicily: the beachhead -- Sicily: the drive to Messina -- From Salerno to the Volturno -- The Winter Line and the Anzio beachhead -- The advance to the Alps -- Engineers in the Peninsular base section -- Reviving Bolero in the United Kingdom -- Looking ahead to the continent -- Preparing for D-Day landings -- The landings on Omaha and Utah -- Developing beaches and reconstructing ports -- Combat engineers in the breakout and pursuit -- Supporting a war of movement in Northern France -- Breaching Germany's barriers -- Southern France -- The Ardennes: engineers as infantry -- The Roer crossing and the Remagen Bridgehead -- The assault crossing of the Rhine -- Into the heart of Germany -- Conclusion -- Bibliographical note -- Glossary -- Basic military map symbols.