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Gauntlet, five friends, 20,000 enemy troops, and the secret that could have changed the course of the Cold War, Barbara Masin

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Gauntlet, five friends, 20,000 enemy troops, and the secret that could have changed the course of the Cold War, Barbara Masin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-366) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gauntlet

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

69028360

Responsibility statement

Barbara Masin

Sub title

five friends, 20,000 enemy troops, and the secret that could have changed the course of the Cold War

Table Of Contents

Birth of the nation -- An ally betrayed -- Resistance -- The home front -- The communists seize power -- Prophet of liberation -- Joining the battle -- In the hands of the StB -- The battle continued -- The class war escalates -- Terra incognita -- "Have the wedding without me" -- Across the border and into the unknown -- First contact -- Trouble with trains -- Gun battle at Uckro -- Going to ground -- The hunt -- Which way to Berlin? -- The dragnet snaps shut -- Hot pursuit -- Vasek's road -- The wait -- The Luckau war -- Lying low -- Eternal honor and glory to our heroes! -- First-class accommodations -- East German revolts -- Silent heroes -- Potato transport -- The ring around Berlin -- Home stretch fiasco -- Berlin safe house -- Red revenge -- To liberate Czechoslovakia

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