Lost Battalions: Going For Broke In The Vosges Autumn 1944
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
In the autumn of 1944, amid the dense forests and bitter cold of the Vosges Mountains in France, one of the most remarkable — and most overlooked — dramas of the Second World War unfolded. Lost Battalions: Going for Broke in the Vosges Autumn 1944 chronicles the harrowing rescue mission mounted by the Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team, ordered to break through German lines and relieve the isolated Lost Battalion of the 141st Infantry Regiment — a unit of Texan soldiers cut off and surrounded by enemy forces. Franz Steidl details the brutal close-quarters combat, the staggering casualties, and the extraordinary courage of soldiers fighting for a country that had imprisoned many of their own families back home. At its core, this is a story of sacrifice, identity, and the cruel ironies of war. Steidl draws on first-hand accounts, unit records, and painstaking research to present a narrative that is both intimate and panoramic in scope, illuminating the contributions of Nisei soldiers whose valour earned the 442nd the distinction of becoming the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in U.S. military history. What does it mean to prove your loyalty on a battlefield thousands of miles from home? That question haunts every page of this essential work of military history.
Author: Franz Steidl
Format: Hardback
Published: 1997, Presidio Press, California, USA
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
In the autumn of 1944, amid the dense forests and bitter cold of the Vosges Mountains in France, one of the most remarkable — and most overlooked — dramas of the Second World War unfolded. Lost Battalions: Going for Broke in the Vosges Autumn 1944 chronicles the harrowing rescue mission mounted by the Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team, ordered to break through German lines and relieve the isolated Lost Battalion of the 141st Infantry Regiment — a unit of Texan soldiers cut off and surrounded by enemy forces. Franz Steidl details the brutal close-quarters combat, the staggering casualties, and the extraordinary courage of soldiers fighting for a country that had imprisoned many of their own families back home. At its core, this is a story of sacrifice, identity, and the cruel ironies of war. Steidl draws on first-hand accounts, unit records, and painstaking research to present a narrative that is both intimate and panoramic in scope, illuminating the contributions of Nisei soldiers whose valour earned the 442nd the distinction of becoming the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in U.S. military history. What does it mean to prove your loyalty on a battlefield thousands of miles from home? That question haunts every page of this essential work of military history.