Terrible Terry Allen : Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
by Astor, Gerald
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- first
- Condition
- Nice Copy
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, 2003. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket xiv + 374pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, During WW2, following hard & successful combat in North Africa & Sicily, Major General Allen was ÒfiredÓ by Omar Bradley from command of the 1st Infantry Division for lax personal and unit discipline. Within a year, he was back in command of the crack 104th Division Timberwolves, the first unit to reach the Elbe River and link up with the Soviet UnionÕs Red Army. Front end paper neatly excised o/w a nice copy
Synopsis
Gerald Astor is a critically acclaimed military historian and author of such books as The Mighty Eighth , A Blood Dimmed Tide , The Right to Fight , The Greatest War , and Bloody Forest . He lives near New York City.
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- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
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- 90065
- Title
- Terrible Terry Allen : Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
- Author
- Astor, Gerald
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice Copy
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- octavo
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- Biographies;
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