The Longest Winter

by Alex Kershaw
Category: "U.S. History - Military"
Pages:285
Year of Publication:2004
Date Added:12/13/2010
Date Read:12/13/2010
Notes:Subtitle: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

The history of the 25 men in the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division who held their position for 18 hours at the start of the Battle of the Bulge, greatly delaying the German offensive. They were eventually taken prisoner and spent the final few months of the war being shipped around Germany ahead of the Allied advance. All of them survived and, finally, were awarded for their heroism in 1980.
My Rating: 6

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Review - Longest Winter, The

Not bad, although the author had some quirks that got to be funny after a while — like ending every chapter with an almost word-for-word repetition of how things would have been different if now for the stand of the I&R Platoon.

Reviewed by Roger on 2010-12-13 12:11:44

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