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The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon

by: Alex Kershaw

: The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 900
EAN: 9780306814402
ISBN: 0306814404
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 344
Publication Date: October 24, 2005
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Sales Rank: 56651
Studio: Da Capo Press



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From the author of the best-selling The Bedford Boys, 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 16, 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 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 U.S. Army approved combat medals for all eighteen men, they became America's most decorated platoon of World War II.

With the same vivid and dramatic prose that made The Bedford Boys a national bestseller, 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 in 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.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Another great book by Kershaw
Alex Kershaw has another great book. As he does in his past books he does a tells the personal experiences ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - GI Joe's Story
"The Longest Winter" is largely a collection of well organized anecdotes from the men of the 99th Division, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great book
I enjoyed this book. It follows a platoon through the longest winter. It tells their story in a personal way. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Must read for WWII buffs
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A must read for any WWII buff and anyone who wishes to read a true account of American ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - excellent story of heroism
The other reviews tell it much more eloquently than I can. I would only add that I especially liked the scene after Bouck ... Read More

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