First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany

Pergrin, Colonel David E. (with Eric Hammel)

ISBN 10: 0689120338 / ISBN 13: 9780689120336

Edité par Atheneum, New York, 1989

A propos de cet article

First printing. First-person narrative by the [then] twenty-six-year-old commander Engineer Combat Battalion that paved the way from Normandy to the Rhine, blowing up bridge after vital bridge in the face of the German assult. The lightly armed battalion found itself virtually alone as it stood astride the route of the panzer spearhead leading Hitler's last-ditch Ardennes offensive. With the capture of the bridge at Remagen, the 291st constructed the important bridgehead across the Rhine and opened the German heartland to the Allies. Pages xiv; 337 plus, two sections of photos also numerous maps. SIGNED by Colonel David E. Pergrin. First Edition hardback in dust wrapper.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany
• Éditeur: Atheneum, New York
• Date de parution: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0689120338
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780689120336
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Signed presentation copy.
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Great War and WWII

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Synopsis

Book by Pergrin David E Hammel Eric

Présentation de l'éditeur

In what quickly came to be called the Battle of the Bulge, the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion found itself directly in the path of the German spearhead. With heart-stopping suspense, Colonel David Pergrin describes one of the European theater's critical delaying actions as his unit destroyed bridges, planted mines, and defended roadblocks in the face of oncoming tank columns. Here, in gritty detail, is the story of how ""those damned Engineers"" ruined Hitler's winter offensive, and how the 291st, with a reputation almost as big as its accomplishments, went on to build a 1100-foot pontoon bridge across the Rhine at Remagen in 32 hours-in the face of fierce opposition and near-impossible odds. Pergrin follows the battalion from its formation and training through the campaigns in France, Belgium, and Germany, making us witness the genuine heroics, skill, and spirit that lifted the 291st to the realm of legend.