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

Pergrin, David

ISBN 10: 0689120338 / ISBN 13: 9780689120336

Edité par Atheneum, N.Y., 1989

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very nice copy; embossed stamp of previous owner on endpaper; author was the unit commander.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: First Across the Rhine: The Story of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany
• Éditeur: Atheneum, N.Y.
• Date de parution: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0689120338
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780689120336
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Second World War::France 1944
  • Second World War

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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.