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PublisherStackpole Books
ISBN-100811770907
ISBN-139780811770903
eBay Product ID (ePID)9050077723
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Book TitlePatton's Last Gamble : the Disastrous Raidon Pow Camp Hammelburg in World War II
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, World
Publication Year2022
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorDuane Schultz
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsStudents of military history, World War II, and Patton will find the book useful. Readers of all backgrounds will find the book a pleasure to read. The reader who finishes this book will learn more about Patton, World War II, and an obscure piece of its history., Students of military history, World War II, and Patton will find the book useful. Readers of all backgrounds will find the book a pleasure to read. The reader who finishes this book will learn more about Patton, World War II, and an obscure piece of its history. * Military Review *
Dewey Decimal940.5421333
SynopsisIn March 1945, against the advice of his top subordinates, Gen. George Patton created a special task force to venture more than fifty miles behind enemy lines and liberate a POW camp near Hammelburg, Germany. The camp held some 1,500 American prisoners, including Patton's son-in-law. Hampered by ambushes and a lack of fuel and even maps, the raid was a disaster, one of the worst mistakes of Patton's legendary career. Out of some 300 men, only three dozen returned. Based on memoirs, diaries, combat reports, and interviews with survivors, Patton's Last Gamble vividly recounts a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said "began as a wild goose chase and ended in tragedy.", Patton's Last Gamble vividly recounts Gen. George Patton's ill-fated mission to liberate a German POW camp where his son-in-law and other Americans were held. It was a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said "began as a wild goose chase and ended in tragedy."
LC Classification NumberD805.G3S38656 2022
