Rangers at Dieppe: the Untold Battle
In the late summer of 1942, the American Army was untested and untried.
It fell to fifty young men, most of whom had come from National Guard units in the Mid-West, to show the world what the American soldier was all about.
And they did it in the middle of one of the bloodiest battles of all time.
A triumph for the Americans
. . . a bloody disaster for everyone else
Novelist Jim DeFelice spent more than two years researching his first nonfiction book on World War II, Rangers at Dieppe. His research took him from dusty archives to the American heartland, from the lochs of Scotland to the rocky beaches of northern France. In the process, he unlocked the secrets of World War II's last untold story.
Rangers at Dieppe is a salute to the brave young men who started the Army Rangers. It details their training and their incredible experiences in a battle that stands as one of the great infernos of World War II. Along the way, he explodes myths about the battle and the war itself, exposing the role propaganda played in the selection of targets for special operations forces during the war, and revealing the reasons for the slaughter of the Canadian division that took part in the battle. While the story is mostly one of extreme courage, DeFelice doesn't shy from talking about the failures of command.
It's a must-read for anyone interested in World War II or the Army Rangers.
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Special trade paperback edition available January 9, 2009
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