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From the author of the bestselling "The Bedford Boys" comes the remarkable story of America's most decorated platoon that miraculously halted Hitler ...Show synopsisFrom the author of the bestselling "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.Hide synopsis
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon (Da Capo Press) – Trade paperback (2005)
by
Alex Kershaw
Trade paperback, Da Capo Press 2005
English
330 pages
ISBN: 0306814404 ISBN-13: 9780306814402
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 ...Show moreFrom 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.Hide
Title: The Longest Winter: the Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon Author:Alex Kershaw ISBN-13:9780306814402 ISBN:0306814404
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I had never ran across the story oof this platoon before. It has never been mentioned in any of the documentrys I have seen. It is quite interesting, Very good story.
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the story of the 394th I&R Platoon in the Battle of the Bulge , was Interesting .I had Little Knowledge of this unit until now , The book was an easy read , Telling the American view as well as the German view 0f this Battle . It held my interest from start to finish !
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