The last battle: when U.S. and German soldiers joined forces in the waning hours of World War II in Europe
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May 1945. Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich is 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.
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Biographies
Campaigns
Captivity, 1940-1945
Daladier, Edouard
Daladier, Edouard, -- 1884-1970 -- Captivity, 1940-1945
History
Prisoners and prisons, German
Prisoners of war
Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Itter -- History -- 20th century
Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century
Reynaud, Paul
Reynaud, Paul, -- 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945
Twentieth century
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
Campaigns
Captivity, 1940-1945
Daladier, Edouard
Daladier, Edouard, -- 1884-1970 -- Captivity, 1940-1945
History
Prisoners and prisons, German
Prisoners of war
Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Itter -- History -- 20th century
Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century
Reynaud, Paul
Reynaud, Paul, -- 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945
Twentieth century
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
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9781982487539
9781982487539
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Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century
Reynaud, Paul, -- 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945
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World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol
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Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Itter -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol
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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
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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
The last battle : when U.S. and German soldiers joined forces in the waning hours of World War II in Europe / Stephen Harding
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