The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
- ISBN-10
- 0306813041
- ISBN-13
- 9780306813047
- Series
- The Longest Winter
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 326
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-11-23
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press, Incorporated
- Author
- Alex Kershaw
Description
Recounts events surrounding the 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes, France, during World War II, and the plight of eighteen men of a single platoon who were captured and survived in German POW camps through the end of the war.
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- 2016-01-14
- 238 pages
- Paperback
- Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
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