The boys of winter : life and death in the U.S. ski troops during the Second World War /

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The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders's fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trac...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sanders, Charles J. (Charles Jeffrey), 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2005.
©2005
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Konieczny, Rudy, > 1918-1945.
Nunnemacher, Jacob, > 1919-1945.
Bromaghin, Ralph, > 1918-1945.
Bromaghin, Ralph, > 1918-1945
Konieczny, Rudy, > 1918-1945
Nunnemacher, Jacob, > 1919-1945
United States. > Army. > Mountain Division, 10th > History.
United States. > Army > Ski troops.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army. > Mountain Division, 10th.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Italy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Mountain warfare.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Italie.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Guerre en montagne.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Armed Forces > Ski troops.
Military campaigns.
Mountain warfare.
Regimental histories.
Soldiers.
Italy.
United States.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Hero of the Thunderbolt (Rudy Konieczny); 2 The Pied Piper of Pine Lake (Jake Nunnemacher); 3 The Sun Valley Serenader (Ralph Bromaghin); 4 The Time of Their Lives; 5 Rocky Mountain Highs; 6 From Alaska to Austin; 7 General Clark and the War in Italy; 8 Good-byes; 9 Into the Maelstrom; 10 The Ridges That Could Not Be Taken; 11 The Brutal Road to Castel d'Aiano; 12 Rest and Recuperation; 13 The Bloodbath of Spring; 14 Bad Times; 15 Pursuit to the Alps; 16 Home
  • 17 LegacyNotes; Selected Bibliography; About the Author; Index; Footnote; ch16fn01

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