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Patton's Last Gamble - The Disastrous Raid on POW Camp Hammelburg in World War II (Paperback)
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Patton's Last Gamble - The Disastrous Raid on POW Camp Hammelburg in World War II (Paperback)
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In March 1945, against the advice of his top subordinates, Gen.
George Patton created a special task force to venture more than
fifty miles behind enemy lines and liberate a POW camp near
Hammelburg, Germany. The camp held some 1,500 American prisoners,
including Patton's son-in-law. Hampered by ambushes and a lack of
fuel and even maps, the raid was a disaster, one of the worst
mistakes of Patton's legendary career. Out of some 300 men, only
three dozen returned. Based on memoirs, diaries, combat reports,
and interviews with survivors, Patton's Last Gamble vividly
recounts a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said "began as a wild
goose chase and ended in tragedy."
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