A stirring World War II combat story of how the legendary George
Patton reinvigorated a defeated and demoralized army corps, and how
his men claimed victory over Germany’s most-feared general, Erwin
Rommel “Moore brings you to the battlefield and into the mind of a
fearless military genius.”—Brian Kilmeade, bestselling author of
The President and the Freedom Fighter • “Essential
reading.”—Kevin Maurer, #1 NYT bestselling coauthor of No Easy Day
• “[Moore] has a smooth prose style and a firm grasp of
detail.”—The Wall Street Journal In March 1943, in their first
fight with the Germans, American soldiers in North Africa were pushed
back fifty miles by Rommel’s Afrika Korps and nearly annihilated.
Only the German decision not to pursue them allowed the Americans to
maintain a foothold in the area. General Eisenhower, the supreme
commander, knew he needed a new leader on the ground, one who could
raise the severely damaged morale of his troops. He handed the job to
a new man: Lieutenant General George Patton. Charismatic,
irreverent, impulsive, and inspiring, Patton possessed a massive ego
and the ambition to match. But he could motivate men to fight. He had
just ten days to whip his dispirited troops into shape, then throw
them into battle against the Wehrmacht’s terrifying Panzers, the
speedy and powerful German tanks that U.S. forces had never defeated.
Patton, who believed he had fought as a Roman legionnaire in a
previous life, relished the challenge to turn the tide of America’s
fledgling war against Hitler—and the chance to earn a fourth star.
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The Battle of El Guettar and General Patton's Rise to Glory
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780593183427
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Penguin US
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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