- Taschenbuch: 330 Seiten
- Verlag: Da Capo Pr; Auflage: New edition (24. Oktober 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0306814404
- ISBN-13: 978-0306814402
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,6 x 15 x 2,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 482.964 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The author of The Bedford Boys [BKL My 1 03] limns another group portrait of a band of similar World War II soldiers, this time the intelligence and reconnaissance platoon of the 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division. That green division came squarely in the path of the Wehrmacht during the Battle of the Bulge, and that platoon was one of many small units that fought tenaciously to the bitter end. The whole platoon was captured, but only after they had held a crucial road junction long enough to seriously delay Joachim Pieper's SS battle group. More miraculously, all those captured, even the grievously wounded, survived the war; indeed, most were alive to receive decorations in 1980. The narrative moves from the GIs' combat experience at the Bulge to their POW experience until the closing days of the war, and Kershaw handles both combat and internment skillfully and respectfully. A good read for observing the sixtieth anniversary of the Bulge. Roland Green
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From the author of the best-selling The Bedford Boys comes the remarkable story of America's most decorated platoon that miraculously halted Hitler's massive offensive at the Battle of the Bulge On the morning of December 16th 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found themselves directly in the path of the main thrust of Hitler's massive Ardennes offensive. Despite being vastly outnumbered, they were told to hold their position "at all costs". Throughout the day, the platoon repulsed three large German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing hundreds of German soldiers. Only when they had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. But their long winter was only just beginning. As POWs, the platoon experienced an ordeal far worse than combat - surviving in wretched German POW camps. Yet miraculously the men of the platoon survived - all of them - and returned home after the war. More than thirty years later, when President Carter recognized the platoon's "extraordinary heroism" and the US Army approved combat medals for all eighteen men, they became American's most decorated platoon of World War II. With the same vivid and dramatic prose that made The Bedford Boys a best-seller, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of these little-known heroes - an epic tale of courage, duty and survival in World War II and one of the most inspiring episodes on American history. The Longest Winter is an intensely human story about young men who find themselves in frightening wartime situations, who fight back instinctively, survive stoically and live heroically.
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Count Klaus von Stauffenberg, chief of staff to General Friedrich Fromm, commander of the Army of the Interior, tried to keep his nerve as he stood alone, holding open a briefcase, in a bathroom deep inside Adolf Hitler's Prussian headquarters-the so-called Wolf's Lair. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon (Gebundene Ausgabe)
"The Longest Winter" is largely a collection of well organized anecdotes from the men of the 99th Division, particularly a platoon of eighteen men who performed one of the most important small unit actions of World War II.Composed of regular inductees, men from the discontinued ASTP program and "90 Day Wonders", the 99th was organized in the U.S. before being shipped to Europe where it was situated right in the path of the Battle of the Bulge. Most of the story is told through the eyes of the men of the 99th, although actions of the Germans and some civilians are also included. Much of the book relates the hardships of the platoon which was taken as POWs. Although not recognized at the time, the platoon on which this book focuses played a pivotal role in blocking the German advance, thereby enabling the slowing, blunting and turning of the offensive. Years after the war its heroism was recognized and the platoon became the most heavily decorated small unit of the war. This book follows the men of both through the war in to their civilian careers. I am generally not a fan of "personal histories' but this one got and held my attention. Details of it conformed with stories I had heard from veterans and other parts told of a horror which one who did not live through it can barely imagine. For anyone with an interest in GI Joe in World War II, this book is a good one. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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