Guest of Adolf
The War of SSG Ernest V. Focht, 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Seiten
2024
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-455-6 (ISBN)
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-455-6 (ISBN)
A Pennsylvanian draftee goes to war with the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and ends up spending two years in POW camps.
"I was a guest of Adolf!"
This was how Ernest Focht responded when asked about his wartime experience.
Ernest Virgil Focht was born and brought up in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in April 1941 and assigned to the 105th Infantry Battalion (Anti-Tank). After training he participated in the Carolina Maneuvers. The National Guard unit was redesignated as the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion, being deployed to North Africa in January 1943.
Ernie was captured in his first action in February 1943, remaining a prisoner of war until May 1945 when the Russian Army liberated his camp. During these 27 months he was held in five different POW camps, and was forced to march between camps in the depths of the 1944–45 winter. Using his wartime diaries and letters home, this book offers an insight into the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and the experiences of prisoners of war.
"I was a guest of Adolf!"
This was how Ernest Focht responded when asked about his wartime experience.
Ernest Virgil Focht was born and brought up in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in April 1941 and assigned to the 105th Infantry Battalion (Anti-Tank). After training he participated in the Carolina Maneuvers. The National Guard unit was redesignated as the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion, being deployed to North Africa in January 1943.
Ernie was captured in his first action in February 1943, remaining a prisoner of war until May 1945 when the Russian Army liberated his camp. During these 27 months he was held in five different POW camps, and was forced to march between camps in the depths of the 1944–45 winter. Using his wartime diaries and letters home, this book offers an insight into the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and the experiences of prisoners of war.
List of Maps
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
1 Growing Up
2 Military Training
3 Anti-Tank Force Development
4 North Africa 1942–43 (Operation Torch)
5 Sicily, Italy, and Moosburg Germany
6 Stalag IIIB Furstenberg
7 Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde
8 Liberation: The Way Home
9 Reunion and Asheville, North Carolina
10 Civilian Life
Appendix 1 105th/805th Tank Destroyer Battalion History
Appendix 2 Ernest Focht’s Lists
Appendix 3 Ernest Virgil Focht’s Chronology
Appendix 4 Abbreviations and Acronyms
Endnotes
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 50 maps and photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-63624-455-6 / 1636244556 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-63624-455-6 / 9781636244556 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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