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The last battle : when U.S. and German soldiers joined forces in the waning hours of World War II in Europe / Stephen Harding.
Van Pelt Library D765.45.T9 H37 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harding, Stephen, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reynaud, Paul, 1878-1966.
- Daladier, Edouard, 1884-1970.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Austria--Tyrol.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Prisoners of war--Austria--Itter--History--20th century.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--France--History--20th century.
- Daladier, Edouard, 1884-1970--Captivity, 1940-1945.
- Daladier, Edouard.
- Reynaud, Paul, 1878-1966--Captivity, 1940-1945.
- Reynaud, Paul.
- History.
- France.
- Austria.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013.
- Summary:
- "May 1945. Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich little more than smoking rubble. No GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. But for cigar-chewing, rough-talking, hard-drinking, hard-charging Captain Jack Lee and his men, there is one more mission: rescue fourteen prominent French prisoners held in an SS-guarded castle high in the Austrian Alps. It's a dangerous mission, but Lee has help from a decorated German Wehrmacht officer and his men, who voluntarily join the fight. Based on personal memoirs, author interviews, and official American, German, and French histories, The Last Battle is the nearly unbelievable story of the most improbable battle of World War II--a tale of unlikely allies, bravery, cowardice, and desperate combat between implacable enemies."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A Mountaint Stronghold 5
- Chapter 2 First Arrivals 25
- Chapter 3 Lovers, Friends, and Rivals 43
- Chapter 4 A Growing Peril 67
- Chapter 5 An Uncertain Future 91
- Chapter 6 Tankers on the March 113
- Chapter 7 A Castle Besieged 135
- Chapter 8 Aftermath 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780306822087
- 0306822083
- 0306822091
- 9780306822094
- OCLC:
- 808413569
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