Operation Swallow, Mark Felton
Operation Swallow, Mark Felton
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Operation Swallow
American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape from Berga Concentration Camp

Author: Mark Felton

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 10/15/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The true and heroic story of American POWs' daring escape from a Nazi concentration camp.In this little-known story from World War II, a group of American POW camp leaders risk everything to save hundreds of fellow servicemen from a diabolical Nazi concentration camp. Their story begins in the dark forests of the Ardennes during Christmas 1944 and ends at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in the spring of 1945. This appalling chapter of US military history and uplifting Holocaust story deserves to be widely known and understood.Operation Swallow provides a historical, first person perspective of how American GIs stood up against their evil SS captors who were forcing them to work as slave laborers. A young GI is thrust into a leadership position and leads his fellow servicemen on a daring escape. It is a story filled with courage, sacrifice, torture, despair, and salvation. A compelling narrative-driven nonfiction book has not been written that takes the reader deep into the dark story of Operation 'Swallow' and Berga Concentration Camp--until now.Written from personal testimonies and official documents, Operation Swallow is a tale replete with high adventure, compelling characters, human drama, tragedy, and eventual salvation, from the pen of a master of the modern military narrative.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nemo on April 01, 2020

AUTHOR Mark Felton has a PhD in history from the University of Essex. He has authored numerous publications and maintains two YouTube Channels. You can find him on his official website here. If you are interested in his YouTube channels, you can find WWII history here, and his War Stories here. Mark’......more

Goodreads review by Christopher Bowers on January 06, 2023

Excellent War story This was a very interesting book, with a great story written by a knowledgeable author. The true story really shows what these guys went through.......more

Goodreads review by Bob on January 30, 2023

I was very familiar with Mark Felton through his YouTube videos on 20th century history. (I highly recommend both Mark Felton Productions and War Stories with Mark Felton.) I saw this title on Amazon, so I ordered it. This is quite a story Felton presents here. I knew about American troops captured......more

Goodreads review by Brian on October 19, 2021

HUGE fan of his YouTube so I was svery excited to read this and he surely did not disappoint. As with his videos, the subject is one of the lesser known WW2 stories, which already makes it interesting. It's another "wow, that really happened???" story which his channel is known for. Felton tells the......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 05, 2024

Based on true events, Mark Felton has written a very readable account of events taking place during World War II – particularly those relating to captured American troops sent to prison camps near Frankfurt. Felton’s included action scenes of ground and air attacks are effective storytellers regardi......more


Quotes

Praise for Mark Felton:
"Zero Night reminds us that the real Allied escapees were often far more enthralling and admirable than movies' characters could ever be."—The Wall Street Journal

"The story of the greatest escape of World War II has been told for the first time."—Daily Mail, on Zero Night

"A remarkable story of wartime bravery and escape."—The Herald, on Castle of the Eagles

"A stunning true story."—Daily Record, on Castle of the Eagles