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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Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013.
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Book
Physical Desc:
vii, 223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Description
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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Durham Adult Non-Fiction
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940.54 Harding
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Daladier, Edouard, -- 1884-1970 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Itter -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Reynaud, Paul, -- 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Itter -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Reynaud, Paul, -- 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780306822087
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Harding, S. (2013). The last battle: when U.S. and German soldiers joined forces in the waning hours of World War II in Europe. Boston, MA, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Harding, Stephen, 1952-. 2013. The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe. Boston, MA, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Harding, Stephen, 1952-, The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe. Boston, MA, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Harding, Stephen. The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe. Boston, MA, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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