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In March 1945, against the advice of his top subordinates, Gen. George Patton created a special task force to venture more than fifty miles behind enemy lines and liberate a POW camp near Hammelburg, Germany. The camp held some 1,500 American prisoners, including Patton's son-in-law. Hampered by ambushes and a lack of fuel and even maps, the raid was a disaster, one of the worst mistakes of Patton's legendary career. Out of some 300 men, only three dozen returned. Based on memoirs, diaries, combat reports, and interviews with survivors, Patton's Last Gamble vividly recounts a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said "began as a wild goose chase and ended in tragedy."

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  • Title Patton's Last Gamble: The Disastrous Raid on POW Camp Hammelburg in World War II
  • Author Duane Schultz
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stackpole Books
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780811719902 / 0811719901
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.3 x 1 in (23.37 x 16.00 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects Prisoners of war - United States, World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017050276
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.542

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Duane Schultz is a graduate of Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, and American University. He is the author of Crossing the Rapido: A Tragedy of World War II and Into the Fire: Ploesti, the Most Fateful Mission of World War II, among other military history titles. He has written for such magazines as World War II, World War II History, and Military History Quarterly.
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