Armored Thunderbolt
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Armored Thunderbolt
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Author : Steve Zaloga
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2008
Armored Thunderbolt written by Steve Zaloga and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
• Hundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II • Compares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger • Author is a world-renowned expert on the Sherman tank and American armor Some tank crews referred to the American M4 Sherman tank as a "death trap." Others, like Gen. George Patton, believed that the Sherman helped win World War II. So which was it: death trap or war winner? Armor expert Steven Zaloga answers that question by recounting the Sherman's combat history. Focusing on Northwest Europe (but also including a chapter on the Pacific), Zaloga follows the Sherman into action on D-Day, among the Normandy hedgerows, during Patton's race across France, in the great tank battle at Arracourt in September 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge, across the Rhine, and in the Ruhr pocket in 1945.
Allied Armored Fighting Vehicles
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Author : George Bradford
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2009-08-12
Allied Armored Fighting Vehicles written by George Bradford and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-12 with History categories.
Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from the U.S., Britain, Canada, and Russia.
Adaptation Under Fire
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Author : David W. Barno
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Adaptation Under Fire written by David W. Barno and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
Militaries that can rapidly adapt to unexpected battlefield challenges are more likely to win wars, and those that cannot are more likely to lose. In Adaptation under Fire, David Barno and Nora Bensahel identify the characteristics that make militaries more adaptable, illustrated through historical and contemporary examples. The authors argue that the U.S. military often adapted well in Iraq and Afghanistan at the tactical level, but also displayed disturbing failures by some of its senior leaders. They conclude that the U.S. military must become far more adaptable in order to address future security challenges effectively, and recommend ways to do so before it is too late.
Armored Thunderbolt
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Author : Steven Zaloga
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2025-08
Armored Thunderbolt written by Steven Zaloga and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-08 with History categories.
Hundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II. Compares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger. Author is a world-renowned expert on the Sherman tank and American armor.
Spearhead
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Author : Adam Makos
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2019-03-07
Spearhead written by Adam Makos and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-07 with History categories.
The New York Times Bestseller 'Brilliant... Gripping' Wall Street Journal From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner's journey into the heart of the Third Reich. At first, gunner Clarence Smoyer and his fellow crewmen in the legendary 3rd Armored Division - 'Spearhead' - thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: the lead tank always gets hit. After Clarence sees his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, he and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art 'super tank', one of twenty in the European theatre. But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: now they will spearhead every attack. That's how Clarence finds himself leading the U.S. Army into its largest urban battle of the European war, the fight for Cologne, the 'Fortress City' of Germany. Battling through the ruins, Clarence will engage the fearsome Panther in a duel immortalized by an army cameraman. And he will square off with Gustav Schaefer, a teenager behind the trigger in a Panzer IV tank, whose crew has been sent on a suicide mission to stop the Americans. As Clarence and Gustav trade fire down a long boulevard, they are confronted by a tragic mistake of war. What happens next will haunt Clarence to the modern day, drawing him back to Cologne to do the unthinkable: to face his enemy, one last time.
A History Of The Guards Armoured Formations 1941 1945
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Author : Charles Richard Trumpess
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2025-03-30
A History Of The Guards Armoured Formations 1941 1945 written by Charles Richard Trumpess and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-30 with History categories.
Although the Guards armored Division and its sister formation the 6th Guards (Tank) Brigade shared a common origin, they went on to forge quite different operational records. One of the units would be tarnished by its failures while the other was applauded for its successes. A month after VE Day, the two Guards’ armored formations would be reunited one last time before being officially disbanded. During the intervening years, the Guards faced criticism, public ridicule, the threat of disbandment, and many other challenges. Nevertheless, these armored Guardsmen would prevail on the battlefield. In response to the threat of a German invasion of the British Isles, the Guards armored Division formed in the spring of 1941. But why convert battalions of Foot Guards, considered by many to be first-class infantry, into an armored formation? Certainly, many people were skeptical that 'spit-and-polish' Guardsmen could ever adapt to a new armored role. As the threat of invasion receded, the Guards armored Division and 6th Guards (Tank) Brigade embarked on years of training while the war raged elsewhere. This book examines the decision to form the Guards armored Division and then keep it at home for an extended period. Once deployed to Normandy, the fighting quickly revealed shortcomings in the Division's training, equipment, and operational procedures. In contrast, when the Churchill tanks of the 6th Guards (Tank) Brigade went into action south of Caumont it was to prove an affirmation of everything they had learnt in training. Over the next ten months, the Guards’ armored formations would celebrate victories and lament failures while fighting their way across northwest Europe. This book examines how the decision to raise a Guards armored Division came about, and why the idea met with such strong opposition. It also takes an in-depth look at the training, equipment, and culture of the Brigade of Guards, and how that influenced the two formations’ preparedness for war. Once deployed overseas, the book explores how the Guards were able to adapt to changing conditions on the battlefield and adopt new operational and tactical procedures. Finally, the book reveals why the Guards’ armored formations were hurriedly disbanded in June 1945. Additionally, using new archive material, the book discloses why it took over a decade to publish the ‘official’ history of the Guards armored Division.
Armored Champion
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Author : Steven Zaloga
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2015-05-15
Armored Champion written by Steven Zaloga and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-15 with History categories.
Armor expert Zaloga enters the battle over the best tanks of World War II with this heavy-caliber blast of a book armed with more than forty years of research.
Special Bibliographic Series
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Author : US Army Military History Research Collection
language : en
Publisher:
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Special Bibliographic Series written by US Army Military History Research Collection and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Patton Versus The Panzers
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Author : Steven Zaloga
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-11-30
Patton Versus The Panzers written by Steven Zaloga and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-30 with History categories.
In September 1944 Hitler ordered an attack on Gen. George Patton's Third Army, which was deep inside France making for the Rhine and threatening the German industrial heartland beyond. The ensuing battle near Arracourt--the U.S. Army's largest tank-versus-tank clash until the Bulge--went badly for the Germans, who committed their armor piecemeal and whose offensive was shattered in a series of intense, close-range tank duels with the Americans. Armor expert Steven Zaloga deftly reconstructs the battle and shows how American Sherman tanks bested superior German Panthers.
Air University Periodical Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Air University Periodical Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Aeronautics, Military categories.