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The Great Rescue
American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in Wwi
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- Počet strán
- 368 stránok
- Čas čítania
- 13 hodin
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Set against the backdrop of World War I, the narrative follows the SS Vaterland, a luxury ocean liner that was interned in New York Harbor when the war began. After being seized by the US Navy in 1917, it was renamed USS Leviathan and transformed into a troop carrier. The ship played a crucial role in transporting thousands of American soldiers to the front lines in France, highlighting the vessel's significant transformation from a luxury liner to a vital military asset during the war.
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The Great Rescue, Peter Hernon
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 2017
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- Titul
- The Great Rescue
- Podtitul
- American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in Wwi
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Peter Hernon
- Vydavateľ
- HarperCollins
- Rok vydania
- 2017
- Väzba
- pevná
- Počet strán
- 368
- ISBN13
- 9780062433862
- Kategórie
- Divadlo / Dráma, Dejiny / História, Mapy a cestovanie, Svetová história, Zemepis / Miestopis, Vojenstvo
- Anotácia
- Set against the backdrop of World War I, the narrative follows the SS Vaterland, a luxury ocean liner that was interned in New York Harbor when the war began. After being seized by the US Navy in 1917, it was renamed USS Leviathan and transformed into a troop carrier. The ship played a crucial role in transporting thousands of American soldiers to the front lines in France, highlighting the vessel's significant transformation from a luxury liner to a vital military asset during the war.