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The Brigade - by Howard Blum & Inc Hardscrabble Entertainment (Paperback)

The Brigade - by  Howard Blum & Inc Hardscrabble Entertainment (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In the final weeks of World War II, his Majesty's Jewish Brigade--the only such unit in the war--went into combat against the mighty Wehrmacht. "The Brigade" is a personal drama of three remarkable men who set out to fight a war, and in the process, help create a nation. photo insert.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>November 1944. The British government finally agrees to send a brigade of 5,000 Jewish volunteers from Palestine to Europe to fight the German army. But when the war ends and the soldiers witness firsthand the horrors their people have suffered in the concentration camps, the men launch a brutal and calculating campaign of vengeance, forming secret squads to identify, locate, and kill Nazi officers in hiding. Their own ferocity threatens to overwhelm them until a fortuitous encounter with an orphaned girl sets the men on a course of action--rescuing Jewish war orphans and transporting them to Palestine--that will not only change their lives but also help create a nation and forever alter the course of world history.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[In] The Brigade ... Blum has written a powerful wartime saga that is also a meditation on morality."--<em>Washington Post</em><br><br>"Blum...presents the material masterfully, building suspense and carefully documenting all the action."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br><br>"One of the most moving accounts of the war to appear in many decades."--<em>Washington Post</em><br><br>"Remarkable....The Brigade [is] an illuminating addition to the annals of World War II."--<em>New York Times Book Review</em><br><br>"An action-packed, real-life drama....All will be pleased."--Kirkus<br>

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