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The Great Rescue
American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in Wwi
Autoři
Parametry
- Počet stran
- 368 stránek
- Čas čtení
- 13 hodin
Více o knize
Set against the backdrop of World War I, the narrative follows the SS Vaterland, a luxury ocean liner that was interned in New York Harbor when the war began. After being seized by the US Navy in 1917, it was renamed USS Leviathan and transformed into a troop carrier. The ship played a crucial role in transporting thousands of American soldiers to the front lines in France, highlighting the vessel's significant transformation from a luxury liner to a vital military asset during the war.
Nákup knihy
The Great Rescue, Peter Hernon
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2017
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Platební metody
2021 2022 2023
Navrhnout úpravu
- Titul
- The Great Rescue
- Podtitul
- American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in Wwi
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Peter Hernon
- Vydavatel
- HarperCollins
- Rok vydání
- 2017
- Vazba
- pevná
- Počet stran
- 368
- ISBN13
- 9780062433862
- Kategorie
- Divadlo / Drama, Dějiny / Historie, Mapy a cestování, Světová historie, Zeměpis / Místopis, Vojenství
- Anotace
- Set against the backdrop of World War I, the narrative follows the SS Vaterland, a luxury ocean liner that was interned in New York Harbor when the war began. After being seized by the US Navy in 1917, it was renamed USS Leviathan and transformed into a troop carrier. The ship played a crucial role in transporting thousands of American soldiers to the front lines in France, highlighting the vessel's significant transformation from a luxury liner to a vital military asset during the war.