Robert W. Baumer je bývalý publicista pre časopis Armchair General. Jeho tvorba sa zameriava na vojnové a vojenské dejiny, pričom ponúka hlboký vhľad do strategických a taktických aspektov konfliktov. Baumerov štýl sa vyznačuje jasným a analytickým prístupom, ktorý oživuje historické udalosti a postavy pre moderného čitateľa. Jeho odbornosť poskytuje cenný pohľad na zložitosť vojen a ľudskú skúsenosť počas nich.
The vividly detailed story of how the U.S. 30th Infantry Division cemented its reputation as the best American infantry division of WW II with hard fighting in every major U.S. campaign in the European theater, from Normandy to Germany's surrender
Bob, a happy-go-lucky kid from Connecticut, voluntarily enlists in the Army at age nineteen, a full year before Pearl Harbor is bombed.After training Stateside with the famous First Division, Bob is sent to England in the summer of 1942, and soon sees combat in North Africa. He faces Rommel’s best and stops his Panzers near the Kasserine Pass before his regiment destroys yet another Panzer division at El Guettar, giving General George Patton his first victory as an Army Corps commander.Bob’s battalion plays a key role during the final push in North Africa, and when Sicily is invaded his regiment stops a vicious German counterattack on the beachhead. After breaking the German hold on Troina – key to the Sicilian campaign – it isn’t long before well-liked Bob finds himself back in England preparing for the Normandy Invasion.Landing on Omaha Beach during the morning of D-Day, Bob’s battalion forms the wedge that allows others to get off the beach in force. He makes history that day. Then, three days later the worst happens.This is Pfc. Robert Arthur Baummer’s moving World War II story. It’s also about the friendships he forms, his family’s anguish while he is overseas and his sad journey home. It is told by Bob’s best friends, his company captain, and others he served with in the Big Red One – and how the author, his nephew, found all of them, making Bob’s war possible to write about in gripping and often emotional detail.
By September 1944, the Allied advance across France and Belgium had turned into attrition along the German frontier. Standing between the Allies and the Third Reich's industrial heartland was the city of Aachen, once the ancient seat of Charlemagne's empire and now firmly entrenched within Germany's Siegfried Line fortifications. The city was on the verge of capitulating until Hitler forbade surrender. • Dramatic story of the American battle for Aachen, the first city on German soil to fall to the Allies in World War II. • Chronicles the six weeks of hard combat for the city, culminating in eight days of fighting in the streets • Details the involvement of some of the U.S. Army's finest units, including the 1st Infantry Division ("Big Red One"), the 30th Infantry Division ("Roosevelt's SS"), and the 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels")