The lost eleven
the forgotten story of black American soldiers brutally massacred in World War II
Book - 2017
"Nearly forgotten by history, this is the story of the Wereth Eleven, African-American soldiers who fought courageously for freedom in WWII--only to be ruthlessly executed by Nazi troops during the Battle of the Bulge,"--Amazon.com.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The lost eleven : |b the forgotten story of black American soldiers brutally massacred in World War II / |c Denise George and Robert Child. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Caliber, |c 2017. | |
| 300 | |a xvi, 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part 1: The World's Greatest Democracy -- A Quiet Forest -- The Berlin Olympics -- The Banning -- A Wall of Photographs -- Lebensraum -- The Baseball Pitcher from Piedmont -- The Meeting at Berchtesgaden -- Invasion! -- The Belgian Family -- The Belgian Family -- The Baker's Son and the Butcher's Apprentice... -- The Trip to Paris -- The Einsatzgruppen -- Part 2: The World at War -- The Surprise Attack -- The News at Wolfschanze -- The Date That Will Live in Infamy -- The Changing World -- The Christmas Eve Message -- The Louisiana Riot -- Drafted! -- The Risk -- The Army's Jim Crow -- The GI from Pontotoc County -- Christmas of '42 -- The 155mm Howitzer -- The Early Months of '43 -- The Urgent Message -- The Training Manuals -- The Baby -- Training -- The Helper -- The Visitor -- The New POW Compound -- Operation Citadel -- Disillusioned -- The Song -- Late-Night Reflections -- The Weakening Reich -- Part 3: Leaving Camp Gruber -- Training in the UK -- A Stir in Britain -- Planning an Assault -- D-Day -- An Invasion from the West -- Arriving at Utah Beach -- "Ready! Fire!" -- The Symphony Serenade -- The Plot -- The Terrifying News -- The Push out of Normandy -- Onward into Battle -- The Surrender -- Brest -- The Battle, Pierce and Deadly -- The Capture of Brest -- The Liberation of Paris -- The Bivouac -- The Young, the Old, and the Wounded -- The Reports -- The Long March to Belgium -- The City of Light -- The Plan -- Bivouacking in Belgium -- Operation Greif -- Part 4: The Battle of the Bulge -- Life at the West Wall -- The Rockets -- The Secret Revealed -- A Sleepless Night -- "Just a Phonograph" -- "Too Quiet!" -- Darkness in the Schnee Eifel -- The Attack -- "Screaming Meemies!" -- The Death Sentence -- A Long and Deadly Day -- The Breakthrough -- Massacre at the Baugnez Crossroads -- The Farmhouse -- Unexpected Hospitality -- The Arrest -- The Long Wait -- "Though l Walk Through the Valley". | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Participation, African American. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Atrocities |z Belgium |z Wereth. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945. | |
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