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The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America’s Elite Alpine Warriors

by Maurice Isserman

The epic story of the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy’s mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory At the start of World War II, the US Army had two cavalry divisions—and no mountain troops. The German Wehrmacht, in contrast, had many well-trained and

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9781328871435