The Force
The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII's Mission Impossible
New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 360 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Hailed as "a monumental achievement!" (Douglas Brinkley) The Force tells the riveting, true story of the group of elite U.S. and Canadian soldiers--mountain men, lumberjacks, hunters, and explorers--who sacrificed everything to accomplish a crucial but nearly impossible World War II mission.I mission.
Contents:
Forcemen -- "Where you from, soldier?" -- "Germany first" -- The plough project -- "Push ahead with all possible speed" -- "Frederick, you are now in charge" -- 1-2 company -- "Everybody fought somebody" -- Waling and glass -- "Suspend effort on present line" -- "They blew up bridges, culverts, and everything" -- "A very special force" -- "The battle of the slabs" -- "Their chance will come" -- "We had a crazy bunch of guys" -- "The objective now was perfection" -- "We want to take as many prisoners as possible" -- Kiska -- "Picked men of first-class physique" -- "We had a swell 3 decker cake" -- "This excellent and specially trained force" -- The empress of scotland -- "There was utter destruction" -- The winter line -- "Met at every turn by rifle and machine-gun fire" -- A "herculean" task -- "Difensa or bust" -- The defenders -- "A wet and forbidding mountain" -- The climb -- "All hell broke loose" -- "Medic! medic!" -- "Five yards! five yards!" -- "I don't know how we did it" -- "Kia, return to sender" -- "The best god-damned fighters in the world" -- "They were best friends for the rest of their lives".
Subjects:
Allied Forces. Special Service Force, 1st.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Italy.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Canada.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy.
Allied Forces. Special Service Force, 1st.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Italy.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Canada.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy.
ISBN:
9780316414531
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Dav | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.