Task Force Baum - Patton's Secret Raid on a POW Camp - March 1945

Task Force Baum - Patton's Secret Raid on a POW Camp - March 1945
With Don M Fox
POW and Internment Camps
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Task Force Baum was a secret and controversial task force set up by General Patton and commanded by Captain Abraham Baum in late March 1945. Baum was given the task of penetrating 50 miles behind German lines and liberating the POWs in camp Oflag XIII-B, near Hammelburg. Controversy surrounds the true reasons behind the mission, which most likely was to liberate Patton's son-in-law, John K. Waters, taken captive in Tunisia in 1943. The result of the mission was a complete failure; of the roughly 300 men of the task force, 32 were killed in action during the raid and only 35 made it back to Allied-controlled territory, with the remainder being taken prisoner. All of the 57 tanks, jeeps, and other vehicles were lost.

Don M Fox resides in Florida. He has written on topics as diverse as military history, amateur astronomy, photography, and the restaurant industry. https://www.facebook.com/PattonsVanguard

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