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

Florian Berger

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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

Categories:

History - European History

Year:

2011

Publisher:

Stackpole Books

Language:

english

Pages:

624

ISBN 10:

0811710556

ISBN 13:

9780811710558

Series:

Stackpole Military History Series

File:

EPUB, 20.83 MB

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english, 2011

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