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The Damned Engineers: How one battalion of Combat Engineers stalled Hitler's offensive in the Battle of the Bulge

The Damned Engineers: How one battalion of Combat Engineers stalled Hitler's offensive in the Battle of the Bulge

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The Damned Engineers: How one battalion of Combat Engineers stalled Hitler's offensive in the Battle of the Bulge

by Giles, Janice Holt

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9780395077443
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970, hardcover, xxi-409 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, previous owner's embossing to title page. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, small spine-end and corner nicks, wear to folds, short closed edge tears, some discreet tape repairs, in new Brodart sleeve. The definitive account of the participation of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion at the Battle of the Bulge compiled by the famous Kentucky author from accounts given by her husband, fellow author Henry Giles, and other members of the Battalion who took part. Illustrated with 22 pages of black-&-white plates and 11 maps. Mapped endpapers show the Kampfgruppe Peiper advance route. ISBN 9780395077443

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Title
The Damned Engineers: How one battalion of Combat Engineers stalled Hitler's offensive in the Battle of the Bulge
Author
Giles, Janice Holt
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
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Edition
First Edition, First Printing stated
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0395077443
ISBN 13
9780395077443
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Place of Publication
Boston
This edition first published
1970-08

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