Into dust and fire : five young Americans who went first to fight the Nazi army / Rachel S. Cox.

Título:

ISBN:

9780451234759

Autor personal:

Cox, Rachel S.

Información de publicación:

New York, N.Y. : NAL Caliber, [2012]

Descripción física:

xvi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contenido:

Prologue -- pt. 1. Celebrity Soldiers -- Decision -- Convoy -- Riflemen -- Officers -- pt. 2. Around the Cape of Good Hope -- Interlude Doña Aurora -- Lost in the Honeycomb -- Interlude Duchess of Atholl -- pt. 3. Desert Rats -- Into the Blue -- El Alamein -- Recovery -- Spring -- Home.

Síntesis:

Describes the true story of five young American men who left a life of privilege and an Ivy League education to join the British Army and fight the Nazis six months before the United States became involved in World War II.

Materia corporativa:

Great Britain. Army. King's Royal Rifle Corps -- History -- 20th century

Great Britain. Army. King's Royal Rifle Corps -- Biography

Great Britain. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945

DAK_SUBJECT_TERM_DISPLAY:

World War, 1939-1945--United States

Soldiers--United States -- Biography

Americans--England -- Biography

Soldiers--England -- Biography

World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories--Great Britain

Military service, Voluntary--United States -- History 20th century

Foreign enlistment--England -- History 20th century