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

Pergrin, David E., and Hammel, Eric

ISBN 10: 0689120338 / ISBN 13: 9780689120336

Edité par Atheneum, New York, 1989

A propos de cet article

337, illus., maps, endpaper maps, appendices, bibliography, index. With never-before-published photographs, here is the first-person narrative by the commander of the celebrated 291st Engineer Combat Battalion, one of the tough, hard-working engineer units that literally paved the way from Normandy to the Rhine.

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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: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition. First Printing.
• État de l'article: very good, very good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • 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.