Gregory Freeman

Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys

Gregory Freeman

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Produktbeschreibung

Published to glowing reviews, The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys tells the riveting story of a nine-man American bomber crew after they were forced to bail out over Germany in August, 1944. Quickly taken prisoner by a mob of angry farmers, shopkeepers, railroad workers, women, and children, the soldiers were marched into the nearby town of Rüsselsheim and assaulted with stones, bricks, and wooden clubs before being left for dead at the nearby cemetery. Drawing from trial records, government archives, interviews with family members, and personal letters, author Gregory A. Freeman follows two army officers charged with investigating the murders, and brings to life the dramatic story of how the depravations of war led the citizens of a sleepy German village to commit horrific acts.
The extraordinary true story of how a small German town became the site of the first war crimes trial of World War II

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780230341166
• ISBN-10: 0230341160
• Artikelnr.: 35055349

Autorenporträt

Gregory A. Freeman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Black Sorrow
Dreams and Nightmares
Winding Down
Rookie Run
Welcoming
Stations of the Cross
Waiting, Praying, Hoping
Deep Regret
Investigations
'I Will Reveal Nothing'
The Trial
A Slip by the Censor
'It Was Not My Task'
'Conduct So Brutal'
Verdicts