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Patton's Last Gamble The Disastrous Raid on POW Camp Hammelburg in World War II

Schultz Duane
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780811719902
Publisert
2018-05-01
Utgiver
Stackpole Books; Stackpole Books
Vekt
467 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Schultz Duane

Om bidragsyterne

Duane Schultz is a graduate of Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, and American University. He is the author of Crossing the Rapido: A Tragedy of World War II and Into the Fire: Ploesti, the Most Fateful Mission of World War II, among other military history titles. He has written for such magazines as World War II, World War II History, and Military History Quarterly.

Patton's Last Gamble The Disastrous Raid on POW Camp Hammelburg in World War II

Schultz Duane
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
Schultz Duane
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
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Students of military history, World War II, and Patton will find the book useful. Readers of all backgrounds will find the book a pleasure to read. The reader who finishes this book will learn more about Patton, World War II, and an obscure piece of its history.

Military Review

In March 1945, against the advice of his top subordinates, Gen. George Patton created a special task force to venture more than fifty miles behind enemy lines and liberate a POW camp near Hammelburg, Germany.  The camp held some 1,500 American prisoners, including Patton’s son-in-law. Hampered by ambushes and a lack of fuel and even maps, the raid was a disaster, one of the worst mistakes of Patton’s legendary career. Out of some 300 men, only three dozen returned. Based on memoirs, diaries, combat reports, and interviews with survivors, Patton’s Last Gamble vividly recounts a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said “began as a wild goose chase and ended in tragedy.”
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In March 1945, against the advice of his top subordinates, Gen. George Patton created a task force to liberate a POW camp near Hammelburg, Germany. Based on memoirs, diaries, combat reports, and interviews with survivors, Patton’s Last Gamble vividly recounts a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said “began as a wild goose chase and ended in tragedy.”
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Praise for the author’s Into the Fire: Ploesti: The Most Fateful Mission of World War II “A vivid chronicle [and] a fresh account of a particularly bloody mission.” —Wall Street Journal “Schultz combines a historian’s meticulous research and a novelist’s hypnotic prose to produce this memorable popular history.” —Publishers Weekly “Shimmers with historical parallels and modern resonances.” —Washington Times
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Students of military history, World War II, and Patton will find the book useful. Readers of all backgrounds will find the book a pleasure to read. The reader who finishes this book will learn more about Patton, World War II, and an obscure piece of its history.

Military Review

In March 1945, against the advice of his top subordinates, Gen. George Patton created a special task force to venture more than fifty miles behind enemy lines and liberate a POW camp near Hammelburg, Germany.  The camp held some 1,500 American prisoners, including Patton’s son-in-law. Hampered by ambushes and a lack of fuel and even maps, the raid was a disaster, one of the worst mistakes of Patton’s legendary career. Out of some 300 men, only three dozen returned. Based on memoirs, diaries, combat reports, and interviews with survivors, Patton’s Last Gamble vividly recounts a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said “began as a wild goose chase and ended in tragedy.”
Les mer
In March 1945, against the advice of his top subordinates, Gen. George Patton created a task force to liberate a POW camp near Hammelburg, Germany. Based on memoirs, diaries, combat reports, and interviews with survivors, Patton’s Last Gamble vividly recounts a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said “began as a wild goose chase and ended in tragedy.”
Les mer
Praise for the author’s Into the Fire: Ploesti: The Most Fateful Mission of World War II “A vivid chronicle [and] a fresh account of a particularly bloody mission.” —Wall Street Journal “Schultz combines a historian’s meticulous research and a novelist’s hypnotic prose to produce this memorable popular history.” —Publishers Weekly “Shimmers with historical parallels and modern resonances.” —Washington Times
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780811719902
Publisert
2018-05-01
Utgiver
Stackpole Books; Stackpole Books
Vekt
467 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Schultz Duane

Om bidragsyterne

Duane Schultz is a graduate of Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, and American University. He is the author of Crossing the Rapido: A Tragedy of World War II and Into the Fire: Ploesti, the Most Fateful Mission of World War II, among other military history titles. He has written for such magazines as World War II, World War II History, and Military History Quarterly.

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