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Very often, the course of a war, the military strategies and tactics adopted by armies, are decided by the high ranking officers.
However, the actual hard fighting on the ground is, as ever, carried out by the common foot soldier.
The feelings, emotions and sentiments of these ordinary privates, corporals and sergeants are frequently overlooked, as historians study the larger aspects of war.
Thankfully, more books are now being written to describe the experiences of war from the soldier's viewpoint.
One such book that launched "the common soldier" into the limelight was Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers, which was thereafter made into an extremely well-received television series.
If you can afford the time and money, you can still sign up for the Stephen Ambrose D-Day Tours!
In this page, we attempt to provide individual soldiers with "a voice," so that the drama and trauma of military experience might be more real, and to provide a deeper insight to the heart and soul of the fighting men.
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