Task Force Baum

This action-packed historical novel is based on the true, unauthorized, and clandestine raid ordered by General George S. Patton on a World War II POW camp. In March 1945, as Allied forces close in on Germany, Captain Jim Curtis is a prisoner at Oflag XIII-B near Hammelburg, Bavaria, enduring grim conditions while clinging to hope of liberation. Fifty miles away, Captain Abe Baum leads an armored task force of three hundred men on a secret mission to cross into German territory and free the POWs. Despite protests that the force is too small, the mission proceeds. However, wracked by poor judgment, insufficient arms, and bad luck, the raid unravels with shattering losses. The novel follows the experiences of both the POWs and the soldiers in the task force as the liberation turns into a desperate struggle for survival. The mission would later be shrouded in controversy, as it was rumored to be ordered by Patton primarily to rescue his son-in-law, a secret that would not become public for twenty years.

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