The Last Battle
When US and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe
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Joe Barrett
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Stephen Harding
About this listen
May 1945. Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich is little more than smoking rubble. No GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. But for cigar-chewing, rough-talking, hard-drinking, hard-charging Captain Jack Lee and his men, there is one more mission: rescue 14 prominent French prisoners held in an SS-guarded castle high in the Austrian Alps. It's a dangerous mission, but Lee has help from a decorated German Wehrmacht officer and his men, who voluntarily join the fight.
Based on personal memoirs, author interviews, and official American, German, and French histories, The Last Battle is the nearly unbelievable story of the most improbable battle of World War II—a tale of unlikely allies, bravery, cowardice, and desperate combat between implacable enemies.
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- Inigo se los Santos
- 31-12-22
Great book
Great book,well researched documented and written
Very interesting book on a not very well known topic
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-11-18
excellent
people can join sides when times are desperate whether you have different options against a common foe.
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- Nathan Turner
- 18-03-23
Great listen
hard going at first, but all becomes apparent as the story progresses. All in all, a great listen.
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- Jan
- 28-04-24
Interestering incident
energetically written, but hardly substantial enough to justify a book, manyrepetitions,much guesswork. Not neccesarily worth the listening time
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- Rossano Nocera
- 16-05-20
Gripping story
Superbly narrated, gripping story and fascinating subject.
Was hooked and couldn’t wait to keep listening. Really engaging real life story and great narration.
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- 03-10-22
Unexpected
This is not full of action but full of surprising detail that keeps you interested. A very thoroughly researched book of a lesser known aspect of the war.
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- Craig
- 07-12-21
Good story marred by poor narration.
Once again, a good story marred by poor narration. Its so odd that book companies, especially audio book companies, allow poor narrative to slip through. Especially miss pronounced words. Or just the general fluency of a sentence. Still.... If you can put that aside, this story makes for interesting listening. Stephen Harding also has another book on a similar topic covering a Bomber crew. We'll worth the listen.
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- James G.
- 06-04-22
Short and a bit pizzazzy. But enjoyable
Not bad for was is effectively 72 hours of WW2. The back stories of the participants was enlightening. 2 movies on production, I belive.
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- Rui Ribeiro
- 05-08-21
Gripping story with an excellent narration
This is quite a curious story, American soldiers and German soldiers fighting together against the Waffen SS to save the lives of French high ranking former officials.
It's a well written story, excellently narrated, that has the ability to keep us wanting to listen to the very end.
Recommended.
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- Joseph Jewell
- 03-09-22
Poor narration.
An interesting story unfortunately padded with too much biography & backgrounds. Terrible narration made it very hard to get through.
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