Day Without End: A Novel of World War Two

By Van Van Praag

Book Overview

Day Without End, originally published in 1949 and reissued in 1951 as Combat, is a fictional account of a U.S. Army platoon fighting in the difficult hedgerow country of Normandy, France, several weeks after the D-Day landings. The book follows the battle-weary infantrymen, led by Lieutenant Paul Roth, during the course of a single, gut-wrenching day near St. L . Their relief, promised for many days, has not come, and except for a handful of green replacements, all of the men are approaching an acute state of battle fatigue. From a pre-dawn patrol to a terrible twilight, Roth's platoon is followed through every protracted moment of a day that seems to have been diverted from the normal course of time and to run on forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497420695
• ISBN13: 9781497420694
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"