Reddit Reddit reviews The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe

We found 5 Reddit comments about The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe
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5 Reddit comments about The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe:

u/barkingbullfrog · 34 pointsr/todayilearned

This book is a rather interesting read, too. Very well presented, and a good 2/3rds of the book is background behind the incident. How everyone wound up being there, what their reasons were (or hypotheses on what they were), etc.

Edit: ooh, and it looks like they're going to make a movie about it. That's cool. Hopefully it turns out to be a good one.

u/Geschichtenerzaehler · 5 pointsr/todayilearned

There's a book about these events:

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Battle-German-Soldiers-Joined/dp/0306822962/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419629049&sr=8-1&keywords=The+last+Battle

It's a good read, just a bit short after all the built up for my taste.

u/kung_fu_jive · 5 pointsr/booksuggestions

You might want to look into The Last Battle, a nonfiction book about a tank unit at the end of the war. This unit found a castle that was housing political prisoners. A fanatical SS unit sieges the castle and both political prisoners and captured Wehrmacht end up taking up arms alongside the US forces. It's a pretty remarkable tale and the writing is decent.

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Battle-German-Soldiers-Joined/dp/0306822962