Task Force Baum – Patton’s Insane Rescue Mission 1945

Mission behind German Lines

In March 1945 General Patton ordered a lightning fast mission behind German lines by a small task force from the US 4th Armored Division – its objective – to liberate hundreds of American POWs in a camp 40 miles inside German territory. So began Task Force Baum, Patton’s ‘mission too far’.
 

Credit to : Mark Felton Productions