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Operation Swallow: American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape From Berga Concentration Camp

Hardback

Main Details

Title Operation Swallow: American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape From Berga Concentration Camp
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mark Felton
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 157
Category/GenreSecond world war
ISBN/Barcode 9781785785771
ClassificationsDewey:940.531743
Audience
General
Illustrations 8 Plates, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Icon Books
Imprint Icon Books
Publication Date 7 November 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Operation Swallow is the true story of how a small group of American soldiers, inspired by a charismatic but reluctant leader named Hans Kasten, worked to save hundreds of fellow servicemen from a Nazi plan to turn Jewish prisoners of war into concentration camp slaves. It begins in the snowy forests of the Ardennes during Christmas 1944 and ends at the charnel house of Buchenwald concentration camp in spring 1945. It is a remarkable battle of wills between a young GI thrust into a leadership position he didn't want and an SS officer who will stop at nothing to complete his orders. Written from personal testimonies and official documents, it is an escape story replete with courage, sacrifice, torture, despair and salvation. Even more remarkably, it is a story that has barely been told before, a chapter of US military history that the American government tried to suppress for decades - and an uplifting story that deserves to be widely known.

Author Biography

Mark Felton is the author of numerous books on military history, including Castle of the Eagles ('an extraordinary and largely forgotten wartime story, brought back to life in this Boys' Own account' - Daily Mail) and Zero Night ('a thundering good read' - History of War), both of which are in development as Hollywood movies.