The last hill the epic story of a ranger battalion and the battle that defined WWII
"Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II. They were known as "Rudder's Rangers," the most elite and experienced attack unit the Army had. In December 1944, they would be the sp...
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New York, NY
St. Martin's Press
2022
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Prologue: A vast green cave
- PART I: THE RANGERS
- Commandos
- Darby's recruits
- Torch
- Heat and dust
- "Big Jim" Rudder
- A new beginning
- Sea change
- Swim and swat
- The cliffs
- PART II: THE BEACH
- "The most dangerous mission of D-Day"
- Gin blossoms
- Charon's craft
- Charnel ground
- Thermite
- "No reinforcements available"
- "All rangers down!"
- Graves registration
- PART III: THE FORTRESS
- Hurry up and wait
- The "fabulous four"
- Brittany
- Festung Brest
- The "fool lieutenant"
- Credentials
- PART IV: THE FOREST
- "End the war In '44"
- The green hell
- The queen's gambit
- The return of the fabulous four
- "How bad is it?"
- PART V: THE HILL
- Bergstein
- Rudderless
- The Sugarloaf
- "Let's go get the bastards!"
- The crest
- Fallschirmjagers
- A last stand
- Howls and whistles
- Trudging away