Bizarre Tales from World War II

by William B. Breuer

Ernest Hemingway stalks U-Boats. A Belgian woman halts the Panzers. Adolf Hitler plays Santa Claus. If you think these are tall tales, guess again. More than 140 of the most bizarre, curious, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785819924
• ISBN13: 9780785819929
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Castle Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Interesting take on little known W.W.II events

I own and have read a number of Mr. Breuer's books relating to World War II, and have enjoyed them all. This volume is best read while having your computer on to search the web in order to verify some of his facts. As a case in point, in one article he states there were over 20,000 U.S. deserters in Paris during the last year of the war. Though I felt that number was high, and unable to verify it, with a population of over one million residents in Paris at the time, I guess it could be possible. I admit as I read some of the entries, I had a feeling Robert Ripley was standing over my shoulder saying "Believe it or not!" But my main quibble was the fact he did not have enough items from the Pacific Theater. He had some, but most of the book relates to the European Theater. Other than that, I would give it five stars instead of four and recommend it. The paperback version of this book is entitled: "The Spy who spent the war in bed" and is an exact duplicate. I found this out when I purchased both books seperately and after starting to read the second, discovered what I had accidentally done.