Author: Stephen Harding
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306822091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The incredible story of the unlikeliest battle of World War II, when a small group of American soldiers joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troops May, 1945. Hitler is dead, the Third Reich is little more than smoking rubble, and no GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. The Last Battle tells the nearly unbelievable story of the unlikeliest battle of the war, when a small group of American tankers, led by Captain Lee, joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troops seeking to capture Castle Itter and execute the stronghold's VIP prisoners. It is a tale of unlikely allies, startling bravery, jittery suspense, and desperate combat between implacable enemies.
The Last Battle
Author: Stephen Harding
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306822091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The incredible story of the unlikeliest battle of World War II, when a small group of American soldiers joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troops May, 1945. Hitler is dead, the Third Reich is little more than smoking rubble, and no GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. The Last Battle tells the nearly unbelievable story of the unlikeliest battle of the war, when a small group of American tankers, led by Captain Lee, joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troops seeking to capture Castle Itter and execute the stronghold's VIP prisoners. It is a tale of unlikely allies, startling bravery, jittery suspense, and desperate combat between implacable enemies.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306822091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The incredible story of the unlikeliest battle of World War II, when a small group of American soldiers joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troops May, 1945. Hitler is dead, the Third Reich is little more than smoking rubble, and no GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. The Last Battle tells the nearly unbelievable story of the unlikeliest battle of the war, when a small group of American tankers, led by Captain Lee, joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troops seeking to capture Castle Itter and execute the stronghold's VIP prisoners. It is a tale of unlikely allies, startling bravery, jittery suspense, and desperate combat between implacable enemies.
The Last Battle
Author: Rick Marrah
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973682362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Last Battle – set after World War II and before the Vietnam War – is the bittersweet story of Col. William George and the men he leads. Overcoming a scar from his past, the colonel has persevered to become a fierce and compassionate leader. He and his battalion are engaged with the enemy when they get word that the war has been won. But when Col. George and his troops don’t get an acknowledgment of surrender, he must figure out what to do. Without having much choice, the colonel readies his troops to fight in the event the enemy advances or attacks When scouts report that they see no signs of the enemy, it appears that all may be fine. However, enemy troops then mount a sudden attack, leaving Col. George and his troops fighting for their lives. Throughout the ordeal, the colonel gets closer to his men as he learns more about them and himself in this story of redemption, courage, grief, and triumph.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973682362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Last Battle – set after World War II and before the Vietnam War – is the bittersweet story of Col. William George and the men he leads. Overcoming a scar from his past, the colonel has persevered to become a fierce and compassionate leader. He and his battalion are engaged with the enemy when they get word that the war has been won. But when Col. George and his troops don’t get an acknowledgment of surrender, he must figure out what to do. Without having much choice, the colonel readies his troops to fight in the event the enemy advances or attacks When scouts report that they see no signs of the enemy, it appears that all may be fine. However, enemy troops then mount a sudden attack, leaving Col. George and his troops fighting for their lives. Throughout the ordeal, the colonel gets closer to his men as he learns more about them and himself in this story of redemption, courage, grief, and triumph.
Okinawa: the Last Battle
Author: Roy Edgar Appleman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Last Battle
Author: Peter Hart
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190872993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Author of The Great War, as well as celebrated accounts of the battles of the Somme, Passchendaele, Jutland, and Gallipoli, historian Peter Hart now turns to World War One's final months. Much has been made of-and written about-August 1914. There has been comparatively little focus on August 1918 and the lead-up to November. Because of the fixation on the Great War's opening moves, and the great battles that followed over the course of the next four years, the endgame seems to come as a stunning anticlimax. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 the guns simply fell silent. The Last Battle definitively corrects this misperception. As Hart shows, a number of factors precipitated the Armistice. After four years of bloodshed, Germany was nearly bankrupt and there was a growing rift between the military High Command and political leadership. But it also remained a determined combatant, and France and Great Britain had equally been stretched to their limits; Russia had abandoned the conflict in the late winter of 1918. However complex the causes of Germany's ultimate defeat, Allied success on the Western Front, as Hart reveals, tipped the scales-the triumphs at the Fifth Battle of Ypres, the Sambre, the Selle, and the Meuse-Argonne, where American forces made arguably their greatest contribution. The offensives cracked the Hindenburg Line and wore down the German resistance, precipitating collapse. Final victory came at great human cost and involved the combined efforts of millions of men. Using the testimony of a range of participants, from the Doughboys, Tommies, German infantrymen, and French poilus who did the fighting, to those in command during those last days and weeks, Hart brings intimacy and sweep to the events that led to November 11, 1918.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190872993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Author of The Great War, as well as celebrated accounts of the battles of the Somme, Passchendaele, Jutland, and Gallipoli, historian Peter Hart now turns to World War One's final months. Much has been made of-and written about-August 1914. There has been comparatively little focus on August 1918 and the lead-up to November. Because of the fixation on the Great War's opening moves, and the great battles that followed over the course of the next four years, the endgame seems to come as a stunning anticlimax. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 the guns simply fell silent. The Last Battle definitively corrects this misperception. As Hart shows, a number of factors precipitated the Armistice. After four years of bloodshed, Germany was nearly bankrupt and there was a growing rift between the military High Command and political leadership. But it also remained a determined combatant, and France and Great Britain had equally been stretched to their limits; Russia had abandoned the conflict in the late winter of 1918. However complex the causes of Germany's ultimate defeat, Allied success on the Western Front, as Hart reveals, tipped the scales-the triumphs at the Fifth Battle of Ypres, the Sambre, the Selle, and the Meuse-Argonne, where American forces made arguably their greatest contribution. The offensives cracked the Hindenburg Line and wore down the German resistance, precipitating collapse. Final victory came at great human cost and involved the combined efforts of millions of men. Using the testimony of a range of participants, from the Doughboys, Tommies, German infantrymen, and French poilus who did the fighting, to those in command during those last days and weeks, Hart brings intimacy and sweep to the events that led to November 11, 1918.
The Last Battle
Author: Darrell Johansen
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
What if God has a radically different approach for Christians to follow in preparation for the Tribulation? Unbelief and disobedience have left the church dead and powerless in a world that is rapidly spinning down to destruction. This book takes the reader on a trip on a new path that God provides for saving His people from the coming wrath.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
What if God has a radically different approach for Christians to follow in preparation for the Tribulation? Unbelief and disobedience have left the church dead and powerless in a world that is rapidly spinning down to destruction. This book takes the reader on a trip on a new path that God provides for saving His people from the coming wrath.
The Last Battle
Author: Ralph Wetterhahn
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 9780452283336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The final battle of the Vietnam War left three forgotten marines on a Cambodian beach, a fact the Pentagon didn't admit for 20 years. The Last Battle recounts their story.
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 9780452283336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The final battle of the Vietnam War left three forgotten marines on a Cambodian beach, a fact the Pentagon didn't admit for 20 years. The Last Battle recounts their story.
The Last Battle of the Icemark
Author: Stuart Hill
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1909489174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
With her murderous daughter, Medea, banished to the spirit world, Queen Thirrin's tiny kindom of Icemark has enjoyed a time of peace. But her consort, Oskan Witchfather, fears for their nation - and rightly so.
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1909489174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
With her murderous daughter, Medea, banished to the spirit world, Queen Thirrin's tiny kindom of Icemark has enjoyed a time of peace. But her consort, Oskan Witchfather, fears for their nation - and rightly so.
Summary of Stephen Harding's The Last Battle
Author: Everest Media,
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN: 1669373649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Castle that was to play such a large role in Jack Lee’s life was fourteen miles to the southwest of where he was. Schloss Itter, as it’s called in German, was a hilltop castle that commanded the entrance to Austria’s Brixental valley. #2 Schloss Itter was a castle that was looted and partially destroyed during the 1515–1526 Tyrolean peasant uprising. It was rebuilt beginning in 1532, and was home to an ecclesiastical court charged with suppressing witchcraft in the region. #3 The castle remained in disrepair even after Tyrol returned to Austrian rule following the 1814–1815 Congress of Vienna. But in 1878, a Munichbased entrepreneur named Paul Spiess bought the property and turned it into a large and exclusive inn. The hotel ultimately failed, and in 1884, the disappointed businessman sold the castle to one of Europe’s most acclaimed musicians, Sophie Menter. #4 Following the Anschluss, Nazi Germany set about erasing all vestiges of independent Austria. The country was divided into seven administrative districts, the Reichsgaue, with Itter and the rest of Tyrol governed by a Nazi functionary based in Vorarlberg.
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN: 1669373649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Castle that was to play such a large role in Jack Lee’s life was fourteen miles to the southwest of where he was. Schloss Itter, as it’s called in German, was a hilltop castle that commanded the entrance to Austria’s Brixental valley. #2 Schloss Itter was a castle that was looted and partially destroyed during the 1515–1526 Tyrolean peasant uprising. It was rebuilt beginning in 1532, and was home to an ecclesiastical court charged with suppressing witchcraft in the region. #3 The castle remained in disrepair even after Tyrol returned to Austrian rule following the 1814–1815 Congress of Vienna. But in 1878, a Munichbased entrepreneur named Paul Spiess bought the property and turned it into a large and exclusive inn. The hotel ultimately failed, and in 1884, the disappointed businessman sold the castle to one of Europe’s most acclaimed musicians, Sophie Menter. #4 Following the Anschluss, Nazi Germany set about erasing all vestiges of independent Austria. The country was divided into seven administrative districts, the Reichsgaue, with Itter and the rest of Tyrol governed by a Nazi functionary based in Vorarlberg.
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
Author: C. S. Lewis
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060281375
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : es
Pages : 540
Book Description
All seven Chronicles are bound together in this one magnificent volume with a personal introduction by Douglas Gresham, stepson of C. S. Lewis.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060281375
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : es
Pages : 540
Book Description
All seven Chronicles are bound together in this one magnificent volume with a personal introduction by Douglas Gresham, stepson of C. S. Lewis.
The Last Battle of the Soul in Death ... Edited by Gabriel Neil, with a Biographical Sketch of the Author, and Some Account of His Manuscript Works. [With a Portrait, and a Facsimile.]
Author: Zachary BOYD
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description