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Title: Disappointing............
Review: The Longest Winter maybe a worthwhile book in that it tells the story of some brave men that served their country honourably. The reality of the book is that this small units brief 24 hours of combat forces the author to focus mainly on their training and subsequent post-combat POW experience. The interspersed and unrelated episodes from Hitler's bunker, Malmedy, Skorzeny, and Kampfgruppe Peiper all seem like filler to pad out a book in desperate need of content. Really does the recounting of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun's last hours have any bearing on this platoon's story?
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