THE LAST BATTLE: WHEN U.S. AND GERMAN SOLDIERS JOINED FORCES IN THE WANING HOURS OF WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE

Book ID/图书代码： 08900013B63699

English Summary/英文概要： May 1945. Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich 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 fourteen 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.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1945年5月。希特勒已死。第三帝国已是苟延残喘。没有一个美国大兵希望自己是在抵抗纳粹的战争中最后一个被杀死的。但Jack Lee上尉和他的士兵们还需要完成一项任务——从奥地利阿尔卑斯山上一座SS重兵把守的城堡中救出14位地位显赫的法国囚犯。这是一项危险的人物，但Lee获得了一位德国国防军军官的帮助，而他的手下也都资源加入战斗。

本书基于个人回忆录、作者的访谈和美国、德国、法国的官方历史，讲述了二战期间一场令人难以置信的战斗——势不两立的对手、不可能的联盟、勇敢和怯懦、绝望的战斗……（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“一个引人入胜、难以置信的传奇故事。本书让读者明白，真相有时比虚构更加令人难以置信，尤其是在战争中。调查详尽，故事精彩。”——Rick Atkinson，《战斗日（The Day of Battle）》作者

“将一个鲜为人知的精彩故事带入了人们的视线。”——Alex Kershaw，畅销书《解放者（The Liberator）》的作者

“我非常喜欢讲述二战秘密战斗的故事，而这是一个精彩的故事。讲述精彩、调查详尽，众多带有英雄色彩的英雄和反派。本书引人入胜，令我爱不释卷。”——Patrick K. O’Donnell，畅销书《狗狗公司（Dog Company）》的作者

Rick Atkinson, author of The Day of Battle “A tale as compelling as it is unlikely. The Last Battle demonstrates that truth can indeed be stranger than fiction, particularly in war. Well-researched and well-told.”

Alan Furst, bestselling author of Dark Star andNight Soldiers “Stephen Harding has a laser-beam instinct for the detail that tells the story, he’s a fine writer, and, most important, knows a good story when he sees one. All the above is true of The Last Battle, one of the more remarkable battles in a truly vast war, now very nicely illuminated.”

Alex Kershaw, bestselling author of The Liberator “A little-known but fascinating story brought brilliantly to life.”

Patrick K. O’Donnell, bestselling author of Dog Company “I love untold stories from World War II, and this is a great one. Brilliantly told, meticulously researched, and filled with larger-than-life heroes and villains. The Last Battle is such a compelling read, I couldn’t put it down.”

John C. McManus, author of September Hope “The Last Battle combines good history and good storytelling. Harding writes with the skill and grace of a novelist but also the authority of an historian who has done some rather remarkable research into a previously lost chapter from World War II’s final days. I had trouble putting this book down, and I think you will, too.”

Peter Carlson, author of K Blows Top “The Nazis capture two former Prime Ministers of France (who detest each other) and lock them in a medieval castle in Austria. A handful of intrepid American soldiers sets out to rescue them. And then...well, you’ll have to read The Last Battle to find out what happened. It’s going to make a fantastic action movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger, call your agent!”

San Diego Union Tribune, 4/28/13 “At the heart of The Last Battle is a largely unknown story that (a) seems implausible, (b) would make a great movie, and (c) reminds us that almost 70 years after the end of World War II there are countless tales still to be told…Harding’s skills as a researcher and dedicated historian are apparent…[A] moment-by-moment real-time report of the events from the viewpoints of the Americans and prisoners…Page-turning…Harding has brought the implausible story to life.”

New York Journal of Books, 4/29/13 “Well done and eminently readable.”

About the Author/作者介绍： 作为一名国防记者，Stephen Harding曾经报道过爱尔兰北部、中东和伊拉克的冲突。著有7本图书和300余篇杂志文章，专攻军事、航空和海军主题。

As a defense journalist Stephen Harding covered the conflicts in Northern Ireland, the Middle East and, most recently, Iraq. The author of seven books and some 300 magazine articles, he specializes in military, aviation and maritime topics.

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