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The Last Field Marshal
The Last Field Marshal
The Last Field Marshal
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History has always been a fascinating subject for Jim and World War II intensified that interest. As a teenager growing up during this global conflict, he recalls how it seemed to dominate every aspect of daily life. Jim kept daily scrapbooks of every report from Europe, as his uncle was serving with the 1st Army, and read his letters many times. Jim recalls how he was a hero to the family and upon his safe return spoke with admiration for the German soldier. Jim wrote this book in an effort to tell the story of one such German soldier, Generaloberst Heinz Guderian who experienced a major role in a unique position of leadership, during this cataclysmal upheaval of global civilization. Guderian embodied the dramatic change in mechanized warfare that became known as the Blitzkreig. He developed his Panzers with such immense firepower, mobility and speed, that it revolutionized the concepts of military tactics. His violent confrontations with Hitler in an attempt to divert him to more reasonable decisions put his own life in jeopardy. It may have been an impossible task to change the course of Hitlers destiny and the direction of history, but it was not for lack of trying that he failed.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateFeb 8, 2011
ISBN9781465314819
The Last Field Marshal
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James E. Tague

Jim retired from Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) and resided in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, for nearly fifty years but now lives in Sea Isle City, New Jersey. He and his late wife, Lois, had four children. While James, Patricia, and Steven still live in the Drexel Hill area, their daughter Kathleen died in 1994 at the age of twenty-nine. A Korean War air force veteran, Jim served in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 1951 to 1954. He has a BS degree in economics from Villanova University and an MA degree in liberal arts from Temple University. Jim has published several children’s stories, a book of essays, a book of limericks, and The Last Field Marshal, a book on World War II. All can be found on his website www.jamesetague.com. E-mail him at jimtague30@comcast.net.

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