Lafayette We Are Here! Naval Warfare returns with a thrilling work

returns with a thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I

these wartime letters are presented for the first time along with letter from Colonel Wise to his wife

and a wound was inflicted on European civilization that required the remainder of the twentieth century to heal

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”―The New York Times

Lafayette We Are Here! Naval Warfare returns with a thrilling workDescription By Jean Michel Steg Paperback June 6th, 1918 saw more American soldiers fall on French soil than the famous 1944 D Day landings. Why is this fact so little known? As well as providing a detailed account of this funereal episode, Lafayette We Are Here! looks at the reasons behind American involvement in what was primarily a European conflict. Why did a neutral government in 1914, driven by a largely pacifist population, end up joining the