John C. McManus

John C. McManus, one of our most highly acclaimed historians of World War II, takes listeners from Pearl Harbor - a rude awakening for a military woefully unprepared for war - to Makin, a sliver of coral reef where the Army was tested against the increasingly desperate Japanese....

A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach....

From the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die comes a sweeping narrative of six decades of combat, and an account of the evolution of the American infantry....

For the first time, using never-before-seen sources and countless personal interviews, September Hope reveals the American perspective on one of the most famous and decisive battles of World War II....

At last, here is a book that tells the full story of the turning point in World War II's Battle of the Bulge - the story of five crucial days....

On April Fourth, 1945, United States Army units from the 89th Infantry Division and the Fourth Armored Division seized Ohrdruf, the first of many Nazi concentration camps to be liberated in Germany....

This insightful chronicle takes listeners inside the experiences of America's fighter pilots and bomber crews....

June 6, 1944, was a pivotal moment in the history of World War II. On that day the climactic and decisive phase of the war in Europe began....