Task Force Baum
“A desperate mission. A hidden motive. A terrible cost.”
War Drama • Military Action • True Story
In the final weeks of World War II, an American armored task force is sent deep behind German lines on a controversial mission to liberate a POW camp—and a prisoner with a powerful connection to General Patton.
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About the Book
March 1945. Nazi Germany is collapsing, Allied armies are advancing, and the end of the war in Europe finally appears within reach.
Then a small American armored force receives an extraordinary mission: drive deep behind German lines toward a prisoner-of-war camp near Hammelburg. Captain Abraham Baum and his men are ordered into hostile territory on a raid whose purpose will become one of the most controversial episodes associated with General George S. Patton’s wartime command.
Among the prisoners is Colonel John Waters—Patton’s son-in-law. What follows is a desperate armored penetration through the German countryside, a chaotic attempt to liberate prisoners and an increasingly costly struggle to escape.
Task Force Baum is a historical war drama about duty, command decisions, loyalty and the lives placed at risk when military necessity and personal motive become impossible to separate.
Book Details
Title: Task Force Baum
Author: James Leach
Genre: War Drama / Military Action / True Story
Setting: Germany
Timeline: March 1945
Format: Historical Novel
Status: Coming Soon
Available: Coming Soon
About the Author
James “JC” Leach, USAF (Ret.) is a U.S. Air Force military veteran, technical writer, instructional designer, and screenwriter whose work blends operational realism, geopolitical tension, and deeply human stakes.
With more than two decades of experience across military aviation, electronic warfare, technical documentation, intelligence-related training, and instructional design, JC brings a combination of field knowledge and narrative discipline to his fiction. His U.S. Air Force career included electronic warfare and airborne systems, thousands of flight hours, and extensive experience working within complex military and aerospace environments.
After years developing screenplays, James brought that same cinematic instinct to long-form fiction, combining visual storytelling, technical authenticity, and character-driven suspense.
JAMES LEACH Author • Screenwriter 