The Great Raid, William B. Breuer
The Great Raid, William B. Breuer
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The Great Raid
Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor

Author: William B. Breuer

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 9 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

In January 1945, captured American soldiers, emaciated and ill from brutal mistreatment, were still in the notorious Cabanatuan prison camp in the Philippines when Army Rangers set out on a daring mission to enter Japanesecontrolled territory, storm the camp, and escape with the POWs, carrying them if necessary.

About William B. Breuer

William B. Breuer is a military historian and author of more than twenty-five books, ten of which have been main selections of the Military Book Club. Books in his World War II series include Undercover Tales of World War II, Bizarre Tales of World War II, Secret Weapons of World War II, Unexplained Mysteries of World War II, and Daring Missions of World War II.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debby on March 31, 2019

I was browsing Netflix and saw a movie called The Great Raid starring James Franco, Benjamin Bratt, and others. I saw what the movie was about and thought "This should be a great movie!" It wasn't. The story, however, was. I ran to the library and listened to The Great Raid. It wasn't the best writin......more

Goodreads review by Realini on March 25, 2018

The Great Raid, based on books by William Breuer and Hampton Sides This film has a promising tagline and a few superlatives for the real story on which the screenplay is based- “the most daring rescue mission of our time”, after the worst defeat in the history of American interventions and a cast wit......more

Goodreads review by Rhianna on November 15, 2012

One of my great grandfather's was rescued in the raid on Cabanatuan. I never got the chance to meet him, but through this book I learned a lot about the character of the men who fought to save him and hundreds of other mistreated, starved, abused POWs. From the Alamo Scouts to the Army Rangers to th......more

Goodreads review by Matias on April 04, 2021

Tells an interesting story and covers historic events. However, feels like it was written by the propaganda department during the war. The Japanese are depicted as cruel, sadistic and as paper thin characters of evil. Americans are all brave, smart and heroic. I’m sure the incidents were horrible and......more

Goodreads review by John on April 11, 2021

This is the kind of story that I really enjoy reading about- bold, audacious operations far behind enemy lines. And the Cabanatuan raid is arguably the mother of them all, ably told here by William Breuer. It begins with the story of the fall of Corregidor and Bataan, MacArthur's escape to Australia......more