Night of the Bayonets

This fascinating account sheds light on a little-known Nazi rebellion led by Georgian prisoners-turned-soldiers in the final days of WWII. In April of 1945, members of the Georgian Legion serving on Nazi-occupied Texel Island rose up and slaughtered their German masters. Hitler ordered reinforcements and the fighting continued well after the war’s end. In Night of the Bayonets , historian Eric Lee examines this remarkable uprising from its bloods origins to its grim conclusion. Thousands of Geor