Beschreibung
Genre: Historische Romane & Erzählungen
Verlag: Pocket UK
Erschienen: 2001
Seiten: 336
Gewicht: 245 g
Masse: 12.8 x 19.7 x 2.3 cm
ISBN 13: 978-0-7434-2990-0
Verlagstext:
"As grippingly as any novelist, preeminent World War II historian StephenAmbrose tells the horrifying, hallucinatory saga of Easy Company. The menof E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, volunteered for this elitefighting force because they wanted to be the best in the army - and avoidfighting alongside unmotivated, out-of-shape draftees. The price they paidfor that desire was long, arduous, and sometimes sadistic training, followedby some of the most horrific battles of World War II...
...They fought on Utah Beach, in Arnhem, Bastogne, the Bulge; they spearheaded the Rhine offensive and took possession of Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden. Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory, Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company, which kept getting the tough assignments. Easy Company was responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. BAND OF BROTHERS is the account of the men of this remarkable unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers' journals and letters, Stephen Ambrose tells the stories, often in the men's own words, of these American heroes."
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