Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII

by Mary Louise Roberts

Book Overview

Marching across occupied France in 1944, American GI Leroy Stewart had neither death nor glory on his mind: he was worried about his underwear, which was engaged in a relentless crawl of its own. Similar complaints of physical discomfort pervade infantrymen's memories of the European theater, whether the soldiers were British, American, German, or French. Wet, freezing misery with no end in sight--this was life for millions of enlisted men during...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022675314X
• ISBN13: 9780226753140
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"