This is the first complete account of the U.S. Seventh Army, which fought its way through Sicily and Southern France to the last Nazi stronghold in Bavaria. The desperate struggle to free Europe from the Nazi scourge was fought on many fronts, but never before has the story of Americas Seventh Army been fully explored. Now bestselling author Charles Whiting tells the stories of the commandersPatton, Truscott, Patchand the average Joes (including Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of the war), from their first battles in Sicily to their capture of Hitlers Eagles Nest. This important new book finally balances the record of U.S. fighting men in World War II.