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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Label

The last battle : when U.S. and German soldiers joined forces in the waning hours of World War II in Europe

Title remainder

when U.S. and German soldiers joined forces in the waning hours of World War II in Europe

Statement of responsibility

Stephen Harding

Creator

• trueHarding, Stephen, 1952-

Subject

• truePrisoners of war, French
• trueUnited States -- Military relations -- Germany
• trueWorld War II -- Prisoners and prisons, German
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria | Tyrol
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
• trueAustria -- History -- 1938-1945
• Daladier, Edouard, 1884-1970 -- Captivity, 1940-1945
• trueElectronic books
• trueGermany -- Military relations -- United States
• Prisoners of war -- Austria | Itter -- History -- 20th century
• Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century
• truePrisoners of war -- Rescues
• trueRescues
• Reynaud, Paul, 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945
• trueSoldiers -- Germany
• trueStrategic alliances (Military)

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

COO

Dewey number

940.54/213642

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography