To the Last Man (2004) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Richthofen: Baron Manfred Richthofen, the Red Baron.
• Scarabelli: Gino Scarabelli, an Italian soldier from New Jersey.
• Parker: A Marine in the Fifth Marine Batallion. A big man, often in charge of machine guns or shotguns.
• Mr. Lufbery: Raoul Lufbery, and American ace. He originally fights in the American Escadrille, before the Americans enter the war.
• Marshal Haig: Douglas Haig, the British commander.
• Patton: A colonel, later to become a famous tank commander in World War Two.
• Ludendorff: The German commander.
• Petain: Henri Petain, the French commander.
• Woodrow Wilson: The President of the United States.
• Lucas: A lieutenant of the Fifth Marines.
• Dugan: A sergeant in the Fifth Marines.
• Mitchell: Billy Mitchell, in charge of the United States Army Air Force during World War One.
• Clemenceau: Georges Clemenceau, the President of France.
• Murphy: Brian Murphy, and Irish-American in the Fifth Marines.
• Baker: Add a description of this character.
• Osborne: A sergeant in the Fifth Marines.
• Temple: Roscoe Temple, a private in the Fifth Marines, and one of the viewpoint characters.
• Roscoe: Roscoe Temple, a main viewpoint character from the Fifth Marines.
• Pershing: General John J. Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France and a major viewpoint character.
• Wolff: A German pilot flying with Richthofen.
• John: John J. Pershing, American commander.
• Ballou: A cowboy from Montana and part of the Fifth Marines.
• Robertson
• Lothar: Lothar von Richthofen, Manfred's younger brother, also a pilot.
• Rickenbacker: Eddie Rickenbacker, an American pilot and the most successful American ace of the war.
• Parsons
• Duke
• Campbell
• Greenie: The name the British give to new soldiers on the line.
• Joffre: Marshall Jeffrey Joffre, the first French commander of the war.
• George
• Maxim: The German machine guns, named for their inventor.
• Briggs
• Manfred: Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.
• Belleau Wood: The place of the harshest fighting for American forces.
• Hoeppner: A German general in charge of the German air force.
• Hopper: A lieutenant of the Fifth Marines before the Armistice.
• Dan: Dan Parker, a private in the Fifth Marines.
• Von Hindenburg: The aging German field marshal, nominally in charge of the German war effort, but used as more of a go between for Ludendorff and the Kaiser.
• Peterson
• Angelo
• Sarge
• Sims
• Douglas Haig
• Scott
• Moritz: The Red Baron's pet Great Dane.
• Knowles

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• France
• Washington
• Paris
• Germany
• Nieuport
• America
• St. Mihiel
• Europe
• London
• England
• Berlin
• Mexico
• Camel
• United States
• New York
• Springfield
• Messines
• Quantico
• Soissons
• Atlantic
• Verdun
• Flanders
• Issoudun
• Britain
• Blighty
• Virginia
• Russia
• Ypres
• Italy
• Jersey
• Bodenschatz
• Aisne River
• Blanc Mont Ridge
• Belgium
• Meuse River
• Florida
• Schweidnitz

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jeff Shaara (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › War
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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