The liberator [sound recording] : one World War II soldier's 500-day odyssey from the beaches of Sicily to the gates of Dachau
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New York : Random House Audio Publishing Group :, [2012].
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Book on CD
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Unabridged library edition.
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9 sound discs (11 hr., 3 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
New York : Random House Audio Publishing Group :, [2012].
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Unabridged library edition.
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English

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Read by Fred Sanders.
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From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared -- the entire time it took to liberate Europe -- no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th "Eager for Duty" Infantry Regiment of the 45th "Thunderbird" Division. Sparks and his fellow Thunderbirds fought longest and hardest to defeat Hitler, often against his most fanatical troops, when the odds on the battlefield were even and the fortunes of the Allies hung in the balance -- and when the difference between defeat and victory was a matter of character, not tactics or armor. Drawing on extensive interviews with Sparks and dozens of his men, as well as over five years of research in Europe and in archives across the US, historian Alex Kershaw masterfully recounts one of the most inspiring and heroic journeys in military history. Over the course of four amphibious invasions, Sparks rose from captain to colonel as he battled from the beaches of Sicily through the mountains of Italy and France, ultimately enduring bitter and desperate winter combat against the diehard SS on the Fatherland's borders. Though he lost all of his company to save the Allied beach-head at Anzio and an entire battalion in the dark forests of the Vosges, Sparks miraculously survived the long bloody march across Europe and was selected to lead a final charge to Bavaria to hunt down Adolf Hitler.--Container

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kershaw, A., & Sanders, F. (2012). The liberator [sound recording]: one World War II soldier's 500-day odyssey from the beaches of Sicily to the gates of Dachau (Unabridged library edition.). Random House Audio Publishing Group :.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kershaw, Alex and Fred Sanders. 2012. The Liberator [sound Recording]: One World War II Soldier's 500-day Odyssey From the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau. Random House Audio Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kershaw, Alex and Fred Sanders. The Liberator [sound Recording]: One World War II Soldier's 500-day Odyssey From the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2012.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kershaw, Alex., and Fred Sanders. The Liberator [sound Recording]: One World War II Soldier's 500-day Odyssey From the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau Unabridged library edition., Random House Audio Publishing Group :, 2012.

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