TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Mary Louise
TI  - Sheer misery: soldiers in battle in WWII 
SN  - 9780226753140
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Infantry
KW  - Health and hygiene
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Europe, Western
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Italy
KW  - Belgium
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The senses -- The dirty body -- The foot -- The wound -- The corpse
N2  - "This is an unflinching history of the Western Front in World War II told through the physical misery of the soldiers who fought there. Roberts describes the experiences not only of American and British troops, but of French and German soldiers, too. Though she ranges across the Western Front, her primary cases are the winter campaigns of 43-44 in Italy and 44-45 in Belgium, both crucial to the war's outcome"--
ER  -