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The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors
By Isserman, Maurice
- ISBN
- 9781328871435
- Publisher
- Houghton Harcourt
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Reviewed on November 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
Isserman (Fallen Giants) combines his interests in World War II and mountaineering by chronicling the creation and deployment of the 10th Mountain Division during WWII. While the war in Europe seldom entered the mountains, the creation of a division that would be expert in skiing and mountain climbing seemed essential to Americans with knowledge of the Nazi offenses in Norway. Convincing the War Department tha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
