Looks at World War II in Europe, from D-Day to the fall of Berlin, from the perspective of the American infantry soldiers who fought, capturing the horrors and hardships of battle while dealing with issues of leadership, strategy, and tactics.

The boys crusaders -- First time abroad -- The fortitude secret -- The boys and the French -- An episode called Cobra -- The boys hold our near Mortain -- The lost opportunity at Falaise -- One small-unit action -- The haunted wood: Hurtgen forest -- Replacements and infantry morale -- Modes of dishonor -- treatment of damaged bodies, alive and dead -- The bulge -- The Skorzeny affair -- The Peiper affair -- The end -- The camps -- Seriousness.