Alex Kershaw: The Liberator
The Liberator
Buch
- One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
- Penguin Random House LLC, 10/2013
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780307888006
- Bestellnummer: 3307437
- Umfang: 448 Seiten
- Auflage: Reprint
- Copyright-Jahr: 2013
- Gewicht: 361 g
- Maße: 200 x 133 mm
- Stärke: 27 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 15.10.2013
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Kurzbeschreibung
Traces the achievements of the World War II regiments under Felix Sparks, documenting their clashes with Hitler's elite troops in Sicily and Alerno and their heroic liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.Klappentext
The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War-soon to be a Netflix original series starring Jose Miguel Vasquez, Bryan Hibbard, and Bradley James"Exceptional . . . worthy addition to vibrant classics of small-unit history like Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers."-Wall Street Journal
Written with Alex Kershaw's trademark narrative drive and vivid immediacy, The Liberator traces the remarkable battlefield journey of maverick U. S. Army officer Felix Sparks through the Allied liberation of Europe-from the first landing in Italy to the final death throes of the Third Reich.
Over five hundred bloody days, Sparks and his infantry unit battled from the beaches of Sicily through the mountains of Italy and France, ultimately enduring bitter and desperate winter combat against the die-hard SS on the Fatherland's borders. Having miraculously survived the long, bloody march across Europe, Sparks was selected to lead a final charge to Bavaria, where he and his men experienced some of the most intense street fighting suffered by Americans in World War II.
And when he finally arrived at the gates of Dachau, Sparks confronted scenes that robbed the mind of reason-and put his humanity to the ultimate test.
Biografie
Alex Kershaw ist in England geboren, hat in Oxford studiert, Geschichte unterrichtet und dann als Journalist für wichtige englische und internationale Zeitungen und als Produzent für Fernsehdokumentationen gearbeitet. Heute lebt er in Massachusetts. Seine Bücher wurden in 12 Sprachen übersetzt, zwei waren New-York-Times-Bestseller. Alex Kershaw
The Liberator
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