| Description |
223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index. |
| Summary |
"May 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. 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."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Itter -- History -- 20th century.
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Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Daladier, Edouard, 1884-1970 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
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Reynaud, Paul, 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
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| ISBN |
9780306822087 hardback |
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0306822083 hardback |
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9780306822094 ebook |
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0306822091 ebook |
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