I love the way you put this huge, tragic loss of life into the story of victory for the Allied Forces. This was the defining battle in a war that had to be won. I have long admired Martha Gellhorn and her determination to get to the battlefront and tell her version of the story. What a plucky journalist, in a time of male dominance in the field. She was an original, not to be held back by societal norms for women. Her relationship with Hemingway is so very interesting. Their competing ambitions, the need to report from the source; they would implode in the end but the fire in between is fascinating stuff!
I love the way you put this huge, tragic loss of life into the story of victory for the Allied Forces. This was the defining battle in a war that had to be won. I have long admired Martha Gellhorn and her determination to get to the battlefront and tell her version of the story. What a plucky journalist, in a time of male dominance in the field. She was an original, not to be held back by societal norms for women. Her relationship with Hemingway is so very interesting. Their competing ambitions, the need to report from the source; they would implode in the end but the fire in between is fascinating stuff!