Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xvi, 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part 1: The world's greatest democracy -- A quiet forest -- The Berlin Olympics -- The banning -- A wall of photographs -- Lebensraum -- The baseball pitcher from Piedmont -- The meeting at Berchtesgaden -- Invasion! -- The Belgian family -- The war begins -- The baker's son and the butcher's apprentice -- The trip to Paris -- The Einsatzgruppen -- Part 2: The world at war -- The surprise attack -- The news at Wolfschanze -- The date that will live in infamy -- The changing world -- The Christmas Eve message -- The Louisiana riot -- Drafted! -- The risk -- The Army's Jim Crow -- The GI from Pontotoc County -- Christmas of '42 -- The 155mm Howitzer -- The early months of '43 -- The urgent message -- The training manuals -- The baby -- Training -- The helper -- The visitor -- The new POW compound -- Operation Citadel -- Disillusioned -- The song -- Late-night reflections -- The weakening Reich -- Part 3: Leaving Camp Gruber -- Training in the U.K. -- A stir in Britain -- Planning an assault -- D-Day -- An invasion from the west -- Arriving at Utah Beach -- "Ready! Fire!" -- The Symphony Serenade -- The plot -- The terrifying news -- The push out of Normandy -- Onward into battle -- The surrender -- Brest -- The battle, fierce and deadly -- The capture of Brest -- The liberation of Paris -- The bivouac -- The young, the old, and the wounded -- The reports -- The long march to Belgium -- The City of Light -- The plan -- Bivouacking in Belgium -- Operation Greif -- Part 4: The Battle of the Bulge -- Life at the west wall -- The rockets -- The secret revealed -- A sleepless night -- "Just a phonograph" -- "Too quiet!" -- Darkness in the Schnee Eifel -- The attack -- "Screaming meemies!" -- The death sentence -- A long and deadly day -- The breakthrough -- Captured! -- The P-47 Thunderbolt -- Massacre at the Baugnez crossroads -- The farmhouse -- Unexpected hospitality -- The arrest -- The long wait -- "Though l walk through the valley" -- The rest of the story -- What happened to the others? -- Appendix 1: The Wereth 11 Memorial speech -- Appendix 2: U.S. Memorial Wereth: info about Memorial and annual services, etc. |
Summary |
"Nearly forgotten by history, this is the story of the Wereth Eleven, African-American soldiers who fought courageously for freedom in WWII--only to be ruthlessly executed by Nazi troops during the Battle of the Bulge,"--Amazon.com. |
Subject |
United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 333rd.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Belgium -- Wereth.
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Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
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Wereth (Belgium) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
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Added Author |
Child, Robert, 1963- author.
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Added Title |
Forgotten story of black American soldiers brutally massacred in World War II |
Other Form: |
Online version: George, Denise, author. Lost eleven First edition. New York : Caliber, 2017 9781101987407 (DLC) 2016056855 |
ISBN |
9781101987391 (hardcover) |
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1101987391 (hardcover) |
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