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

Schultz, Duane

 
9780811770903: Patton's Last Gamble: The Disastrous Raid on POW Camp Hammelburg in World War II
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ISBN 10 : 0811770907 ISBN 13 : 9780811770903
Editeur : Stackpole Books, 2022

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Stackpole Books
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0811770907
ISBN 13 
9780811770903
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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