Liberators : Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

Miles, William, Potter, Lou, Rosenblum, Nina

ISBN 10: 0151512833 / ISBN 13: 9780151512836

Published by Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1992

Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 306276-6

Synopsis:

Follows a group of young black soldiers who, in the midst of the fierce racial eruptions of a pre-civil rights America, were called to Europe to fight the Nazis. 35,000 first printing. TV tie-in.

Reviews: Companion volume to an upcoming PBS special, this work recounts the tragic saga of the 761st Tank Battalion, whose African American personnel trained for two years in the racist backwaters of the South, made a major contribution to Gen. George Patton's Third Army in the WW II European campaigns, then returned to the U.S. after the war to find that discrimination against them had grown worse. The 761st's military record is impressive. The battalion fought farther east than any other U.S. unit (but was prevented from making the historic link-up with the Red Army, a ceremony reserved for white troops), and led the way for U.S. forces in the liberation of Jewish survivors at Dachau and Buchenwald. In the saddest irony of all, the authors (all New York City film producers) describe how the African Americans received a warm welcome in England and from German civilians during occupation duty, and as a result were roundly resented by their white comrades in arms. Photos.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Liberators : Fighting on Two Fronts in World...
Publisher: Harcourt Trade Publishers
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.