Rating: 
Summary: Very enjoyable read...
Review: I've read a lot of books on World War II, and All the Way to Berlin is one of the better ones I've seen. I particularly enjoyed the book's 'through the gunsights' perspective. This one defintely belongs on your bookshelf if you like books of this genre.
Rating:
Summary: Just an honest paratrooper
Review: Some may say Megellas is self-congratulatory, brutal, tasteless.
Others will say he is an ultimate hero. His own account indicates
to me he is like many men, somewhere between hero and villain.And his account is above all else, frank and honest. Megellas was not a cook, senior officer, engineer. His
Military Occupational Specialty was as he says plainly to "kill
Germans". Megellas makes it clear that persevering amidst so
much death required an unpleasant "kill or be killed", "war is
hell" mentality. Megellas admits he was brutal but that so were
the Germans and that killing can get personal if a buddy is killed. If you like the clean Patton, Ike, Hollywood portrayals of D-Day
and Market Garden, this book is not for you. He doesn't hide his
grunt's contempt for higher-ups (Colonels and higher) or rear
echelon support types. Nor does he hide the savage behavior of
war-hardened troopers: looting dead Germans, his own stealing of wine from a church. The book is good for authentic accounts of patrols, army jargon,
equipment (US and German), tactics, etc. Those who liked Band of
Brothers may like this. I sure did. Is this book a glorification of war or a condemnation of its
brutality?? It's hard to tell! The author disliked patriots at
home who had an innocent view of war but he says clearly that
the Germans and Italians deserved what they got.
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