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Patton's Photographs: War as He Saw It
Kevin M. Hymel
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Description for Patton's Photographs: War as He Saw It
Paperback. Allows the reader to view the war through the eyes of one of World War Two's greatest commanders. This book contains 200 personal war photographs taken by General Patton. His photographs depict the victorious face of war - with the Allies on the move, bridges under construction, and tanks slicing through the countryside. Num Pages: 172 pages, 200+ b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 482.
While researching an article on Gen. George S. Patton, Kevin M. Hymel made an astonishing discovery. Browsing the Library of Congress's Patton index, he found lists of photo albums. Opening one, he found photos Patton himself took during World War II, a gold mine of historical photographs of which even Blumenson, Patton's official biographer, was unaware.Patton photographed everything that interested him and produced tableaux of the battlefields of North Africa, Sicily, and continental Europe. For Patton, history was everything, and his Leica camera-standard issue for reporters and historians in the U.S. Army-ensured he could provide historians an accurate depiction of ... Read more
While researching an article on Gen. George S. Patton, Kevin M. Hymel made an astonishing discovery. Browsing the Library of Congress's Patton index, he found lists of photo albums. Opening one, he found photos Patton himself took during World War II, a gold mine of historical photographs of which even Blumenson, Patton's official biographer, was unaware.Patton photographed everything that interested him and produced tableaux of the battlefields of North Africa, Sicily, and continental Europe. For Patton, history was everything, and his Leica camera-standard issue for reporters and historians in the U.S. Army-ensured he could provide historians an accurate depiction of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Potomac Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
481g
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781574888720
SKU
V9781574888720
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