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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Raid!: The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Missionby Richard Baron
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The orders came from Patton himself: Take a strike force behind enemy lines — with no air or ground support — and liberate a POW camp at Hammelburg, where Patton's son-in law as held. Captain Abe Baum and an armored task force answered the call, crashing through an enemy-held town, plunging into German territory, and fighting their way to Hammelburg. With the German army closing in around them, the raiders kept going, until they had liberated 1,500 prisoners of war.<P>Baum's Raiders had just achieved an impossible objective. Now they had to get back out...<P>Written by the men who were there, Raid! is the gripping real-life story of a controversial mission in the heart of World War II. From the belly of a Sherman Tank pelted with enemy fire to the POWs waiting behind wire, this is a thrilling, you-are-there chronicle of human courage — in the face of impossible odds. Review:"ELOQUENT...UTTERLY BELIEVABLE...IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER ANYONE EVER BELIEVED PATTON'S VERSION OF THIS CAPER, BUT IF ANYONE DID, HE CAN'T NOW. CASE CLOSED." - The New York Times Book Review Review:"A true war story that reads like a novel." - The Boston Globe Review:"RIVETING." - The Denver Post Review:"EXCELLENT...THE COLOR AND EXCITEMENT OF A FIRST-RATE NOVEL." - Los Angeles Times DON'T MISS THESE OTHER OUTSTANDING BOOKS IN DELL'S WORLD WAR II LIBRARY: A Selection of the Military Book Club Visit our website at www.randomhouse.com. A BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE BY THE MEN WHO FOUGHT IT BY GERALD ASTOR BLACK MAY THE EPIC STORY OF THE ALLIES' DEFEAT OF THE GERMAN U-BOATS IN MAY 1943 BY MICHAEL GANNON THE MIGHTY EIGHTH THE AIR WAR IN EUROPE AS TOLD BY THE MEN WHO FOUGHT IT BY GERALD ASTOR OPERATION ICEBERG THE INVASION AND CONQUEST OF OKINAWA IN WORLD WAR II BY GERALD ASTOR PANZER COMMANDER THE MEMOIRS OF COLONEL HANS VON LUCK BY HANS VON LUCK SOLDAT REFLECTIONS OF A GERMAN SOLDIER, 1936-1949 BY SIEGFRIED KNAPPE WITH TED BRUSAW STEEL INFERNO 1st SS PANZER CORPS IN NORMANDY BY MICHAEL REYNOLDS AVAILABLE FROM BANTAM DELL Synopsis:Tells the story of the risky mission authorized by General Patton to free American POWs--one of whom was his son-in-law. This account draws on the memories of dozens of soldiers on both sides of the fence around the POW camp--including prisoner Richard Baron and task force leader Abe Baum. "A vivid and valuable addition to solving the Patton enigma".--"Library Journal". What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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