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Charles B. MacDonald

Born

in Little Rock, South Carolina, The United States

November 23, 1922

Died

December 04, 1990

Genre

Military History, Biographies & Memoirs

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Charles B. MacDonald was a former Deputy Chief Historian for the United States Army. He wrote several of the Army's official histories of World War II.

After graduating from Presbyterian College, MacDonald was commissioned as a US Army officer through the Army ROTC and deployed to Europe. By September 1944, as a 21 year old Captain , he commanded a rifle company in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. MacDonald received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.

His first book, ''Company Commander'', was published in 1947, while his wartime experiences were fresh in his mind.

MacDonald wrote the final volume of the Green Series on the European Theatre, ''The Last Offensive''. He retired as Deputy Chief Historian, United States Army Ce ...more

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	Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II 4.23 avg rating — 4,933 ratings — published 1947 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge 4.16 avg rating — 2,010 ratings — published 1984 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle of the Huertgen Forest 3.95 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 1984 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	COMPANY COMMANDER the classic infantry memoir of WWII 4.46 avg rating — 208 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mighty Endeavor: American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II 4.24 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE MIGHTY ENDEAVOR American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II 4.47 avg rating — 173 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A TIME FOR TRUMPETS the untold story of the Battle of the Bulge 4.36 avg rating — 135 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Offensive: The European Theater of Operations 4.20 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1973 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	European Theater of Operations: the Siegfried Line Campaign 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1963 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Airborne (Ballentine's Illustrated History of World War II, Weapons Book No. 12) 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Never in history, as he perceived it, had war produced such strange bedfellows as the Western democracies and the Soviet Union. “Ultra-capitalist states on one side,” he would tell his generals on the eve of his big offensive, “ultra-Marxist states on the other; on one side a dying empire — Britain; on the other side a colony, the United States, waiting to claim its inheritance.”[6] Each of the three, he said, was determined “either to cheat the others out of something or get something out of it.”
― Charles B. MacDonald, A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge

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“He who defends everything,” Frederick the Great used to admonish his generals, “defends nothing.”
― Charles B. MacDonald, A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge

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“On the southern flank, Company B was fast going to pieces. As infiltrating Germans approached Britton’s command post in a house, they yelled in English: “Come on out!” To which Britton yelled back: “Fuck you, come on in!”[354]”
― Charles B. MacDonald, A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge

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