The Last Battle
When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe
[Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., [2013]
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 6 audio discs (approximately 7 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
May 1945. Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich is 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.
Subjects:
Daladier, Edouard, 1884-1970 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
Reynaud, Paul, 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Itter -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Daladier, Edouard, 1884-1970 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
Reynaud, Paul, 1878-1966 -- Captivity, 1940-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria -- Tyrol.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Itter -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- France -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781482949995
UPC: 9781482949995
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD HISTORY Har | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Book on CD Nonfiction | In |
More Formats
Compact discs.
Duration: 7:00:00.
Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking.
"Includes bonus PDF disc with photos."
Sound recording.
Read by Joe Barrett.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC with Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader.
Duration: 7:00:00.
Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking.
"Includes bonus PDF disc with photos."
Sound recording.
Read by Joe Barrett.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC with Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader.