| The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe Contributor(s): Harding, Stephen (Author), Barrett, Joe (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1482949989 ISBN-13: 9781482949988 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Germany - History | Europe - Austria & Hungary |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 7.5" (0.20 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Central Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harding, Stephen: - Stephen Harding, a journalist specializing in military affairs, has reported from Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Iraq. Editor-in-chief of Military History magazine, he lives in Virginia. Barrett, Joe: -Joe Barrett has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials. He has earned multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards and has been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. He has narrated books by such authors as Trevanian, Brian Freeman, Don Winslow, and James W. Huston. |