Left for dead at Nijmegen : the true story of an American paratrooper in WWII /

"A nonfiction biography written by Marcus A. Nannini, who spent several years interviewing Gene Metcalfe, who was determined to become a paratrooper, enlisted and was part of Operation Market Garden, a paratrooper landing in Nijmegen, Holland. It was his first foray into the field of battle, th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nannini, Marcus A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Casemate, 2019.
Temas:
Metcalfe, Gene
United States. > Army > Parachute troops > Biography.
United States. > Army.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons.
Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Netherlands > History.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Pays-Bas > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Armed Forces > Parachute troops.
Military campaigns.
Prisoners of war.
Netherlands.
Netherlands > Arnhem.
Biographies.
History.
Personal narratives > American.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Homework
  • Camp Grant
  • Camp Toccoa
  • Fort McClellan and Buffalo, New York
  • Fort Benning/ Camp Mackall
  • Camp Shanks- on the move at last!
  • Nottingham, England
  • Operation market garden
  • Road to Nijmegen
  • Keizer Karel Plein
  • Nijmegen
  • Dinner with "Herr Reichsfu¨hrer"
  • Lent, Holland
  • Stalag XII-A
  • Five days in hell
  • Stalag VII-A
  • Hans Schwaniger
  • Escape!
  • Recapture
  • Stalag VII-A, again!
  • Liberation
  • Paris via Mu¨nchen
  • Home at last
  • Postwar life
  • Afterword: Looking back in sketches.

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