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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. --
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- ISBN: 0306822083
- ISBN: 9780306822087
- Physical Description: vii, 223 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed. --
- Publisher: Boston : Da Capo Press, 2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-185) and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 29.00 |
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- Baker & Taylor
Documents the 1945 efforts of U.S. and German soldiers to rescue fourteen prominent French prisoners from an SS-guarded castle in the Austrian Alps, sharing insights into the motives behind the unlikely alliance. - Baker & Taylor
Documents the May 1945 collaborative efforts of U.S. and German soldiers to rescue 14 prominent French prisoners from an SS-guarded castle in the Austrian Alps, citing the pivotal contributions of Captain Jack Lee, a decorated German Wehrmacht officer and soldier volunteers while sharing insights into the motives behind the unlikely alliance. 20,000 first printing. - Book News
Harding, an American journalist who specializes in military affairs, chronicles one of the strangest chapters of World War II. He describes how Austrian Castle Itter (Schloss Itter in German) was converted into a prison for high-ranking prisoners including some of the most powerful men in prewar France and their wives, their treatment at the hands of the SS commandant, and rescue by American forces who joined forces with the surrendering German castle guards to fight against SS Chief Himmler, who had orders to kill any potential witnesses to war crimes. The work includes maps; a photograph of the Castle, key figures and soldiers on both sides; and the postwar fates of selected figures. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Perseus PublishingMay 1945. Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich 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. Itâs 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 IIâa tale of unlikely allies, bravery, cowardice, and desperate combat between implacable enemies. - Perseus PublishingThe true story of US & German soldiers fighting side by side in the final days of WW II
