The Force: The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII's Mission Impossible
Autor Saul Daviden Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 sep 2019
A
riveting
WWII
narrative
about
the
group
of
elite
US
and
Canadian
soldiers
--
mountainmen,
lumberjacks,
hunters,
and
explorers
--
who
sacrificed
everything
to
accomplish
a
crucial
but
nearly
impossible
mission.
In
December
of
1943,
as
Nazi
forces
sprawled
around
the
world
and
the
future
of
civilization
hung
in
the
balance,
a
group
of
highly
trained
U.S.
and
Canadian
soldiers
from
humble
backgrounds
was
asked
to
do
the
impossible:
capture
a
crucial
Nazi
stronghold
perched
atop
stunningly
steep
cliffs.
The
men
were
a
rough-and-ready
group,
assembled
from
towns
nested
in
North
America's
most
unforgiving
terrain,
where
many
of
them
had
struggled
through
the
Great
Depression
relying
on
canny
survival
skills
and
the
fearlessness
of
youth.
Brought
together
by
the
promise
to
take
part
in
the
military's
most
elite
missions,
they
formed
a
unique
brotherhood
tested
first
by
the
crucible
of
state-of-the-art
training-including
skiing,
rock
climbing,
and
parachuting-and
then
tragically
by
the
vicious
fighting
they
would
face.
The early battle in the Italian theatre for the strategic fort cost the heroic U.S.-Canadian commando unit-their first special forces unit ever assembled-enormous casualties. Yet the victory put them in position to continue their drive into Italy, setting the stage for the Allies' resurgence toward victory in WWII. The unit, with its vast range of capabilities and mission-specific exercises, became a model for the "Green Berets" and other special forces groups that would go on to accomplish America's most challenging undertakings behind enemy lines.
Following this intimate group of soldiers from recruitment through brutal training and into their baptism by fire in Italy, where the outcome of their raid was secured only at enormous cost,The Forcedescribes how these too-often forgotten heroes managed a string of incredible feats with strategic importance to WWII. Knitting first-hand accounts seamlessly into the narrative-drawing on interviews with surviving members and their families; the memoirs, letters, and diaries of Forcemen; and declassified documents in the American, Canadian, British, and German archives-- The Forcetells a story that is as deeply personal as it is inspiring.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316414531
ISBN-10: 0316414530
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 164 x 237 x 37 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
ISBN-10: 0316414530
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 164 x 237 x 37 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
Notă biografică
Saul
Davidis
a
military
historian
and
broadcaster.
He
is
the
author
ofThe
Indian
Mutiny,
which
was
shortlisted
for
the
Duke
of
Westminster's
Medal
for
Military
Literature,Military
Blunders,Zulu:
the
Heroism
and
Tragedy
of
the
Zulu
War
of
1879(a
Waterstone's
Military
History
Book
of
the
Year),Victoria's
Wars,
andOperation
Thunderbolt:
Flight
139
and
the
Raid
on
Entebbe
Airport,
the
Most
Audacious
Hostage
Rescue
Mission
in
History.
He
is
a
professor
of
military
history
at
the
University
of
Buckingham.
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December 1943. A German fort sits impregnable atop a mountain. Standing between the Allied forces and their path to Rome is a steep climb up a 200-foot cliff, in the snow, in the middle of the night.
December 1943. A German fort sits impregnable atop a mountain. Standing between the Allied forces and their path to Rome is a steep climb up a 200-foot cliff, in the snow, in the middle of the night.