Face of Courage - The 98 Men Who Received Knight s Cross Close Combat Clasp in Gold

Informationen zum Autor By Florian Berger Klappentext Profiles of the 98 German soldiers--out of millions--who received both the Knight's Cross (for extreme bravery) and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold (for at least 50 days of hand-to-hand fighting) during World War II Includes soldiers from the Army, Luftwaffe, and Waffen SS Definitive reference with exciting narrative and exhaustive footnotes Packed with hundreds of photos, many of them not available elsewhere Zusammenfassung The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was principally the highest award given to German fighters to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Florian Berger
• Verlag: Stackpole Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.07.2011
• EAN: 9780811710558
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-1055-8
• Seiten: 560
• Serien: Stackpole Military History; Stackpole Military History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > 20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945); Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung