War Stories Of The Tankers
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War Stories Of The Tankers
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Author : Michael Green
language : en
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Release Date : 2008-02-15
War Stories Of The Tankers written by Michael Green and has been published by Quarto Publishing Group USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-15 with History categories.
This military history chronicles nearly a century of armored combat through firsthand accounts of soldiers from WWI to Iraq. Starting with the century’s first tanks as they entered no-man’s-land during World War I, War Stories of the Tankers continues through a century of military conflict, all the way to Operation Desert Storm. Here are the stories of green American tankers taking on massive and well-armored German Tigers and fighting through a screaming sea of Red Chinese soldiers in Korea. And here also are the personal tales of American tankers defending Western Europe from the threat of Soviet tanks during the Cold War. From the American soldiers who pitted their tanks against the Viet Cong in the jungles of Southeast Asia to those who put their lives on the line in the streets of Baghdad, these are the heroes of our time, taking that rare moment to tell us what it is like to face the enemy in tank warfare.
Tanks On The Beaches
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Author : Robert M. Neiman
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2003-03-03
Tanks On The Beaches written by Robert M. Neiman and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-03 with History categories.
Robert Neiman, perhaps the most experienced combat commander of the U.S. Marine Corps’ tank arm, was one of the rare USMC officers to serve in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles. In Tanks on the Beaches, Neiman and his coauthor, Kenneth Estes, relay vivid accounts of fighting in the Pacific War, as well as Marine Corps service during the entire World War II period, devoid of idolatry and mythmaking. The result is a war story told from the unique perspective of men fighting from armored machines in desperate battles against a determined enemy. After the capture of Guadalcanal, Neiman endured Japanese bombardments there to gather information for his assignment as operations officer of a new tank school being formed in California. He eventually led his own tank company through four island battles culminating in the cauldron of Iwo Jima. Later, he finished the war as executive officer and commanding officer of the 1st Tank Battalion on occupation and security duty in North China in 1945–46. Neiman and Estes take the reader from prewar training at Quantico and in North Carolina through the delights of a New Zealand bereft of men, the horrors of Saipan and Iwo, the peculiar situation in China after the war, and then the trip back to the States for Neiman’s successful postwar career as a lumber retailer. Through it all, Estes translates Neiman’s eye for the interesting and the human into a multifaceted tale of a young Marine going to war. This is an adventure story with many novel turns that will attract the interest of military experts, military history aficionados, Marine Corps members in general, and veterans of armored fighting vehicle units. Neiman is not a USMC icon, just one of the unheralded thousands of officers who did the real fighting. This is their story, as much as it is his.
Blood And Fury
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Author : Stephen L. Moore
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2022-08-02
Blood And Fury written by Stephen L. Moore and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-02 with History categories.
For Dutton Caliber's American War Heroes series, the gripping and action-packed combat story of America’s most celebrated tank commander, Staff Sergeant Lafayette “War Daddy” Pool. Lafayette Pool provided inspiration for Brad Pitt’s character “War Daddy” Collier in the movie Fury, but his true story is less known. Here, acclaimed author Stephen L. Moore writes the first full-length narrative to honor the valiant Texan tanker. A champion Golden Gloves boxer turned U.S. Army legend, Pool was known as the “ace of tankers” for destroying more than five enemy tanks in head-to-head combat. Sporting a pair of cowboy boots and a confident smile, Pool and his tank, In the Mood, fearlessly led the charge into at least twenty-one different engagements across France, Belgium, and Germany in World War II. His 3rd Armored superiors credit Pool’s crew with destroying at least 275 enemy vehicles, capturing 250 or more enemy soldiers, and killing or wounding more than a thousand opponents. In one three-day period alone, they knocked out four German tanks, three anti-tank guns, and fifty armored vehicles, creating an overwhelming number of enemy casualties. Drawing on official military documents, the memoirs of Pool’s crewmen, and personal interviews with the family of Pool and his comrades, Blood and Fury is full of heated battles, suspenseful near-death experiences, and indomitable bravery. At the heart of it all is an undeniable American hero: Lafayette Pool.
A Fighter Tanker S Story
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Author : John Marshall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-04-19
A Fighter Tanker S Story written by John Marshall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-19 with categories.
A Fighter Tanker's Story by John F. Marshall is the true memoir of a farm-boy-turned-soldier and his poignant, crushingly real, and often unexpectedly funny experiences in World War II. In stark and almost poetic prose, the reader joins Marshall and his tank crew as they defy the odds and battle across Europe. On the first day of combat his tank commander is killed before the tank fires a single shot. But he and his crew continue to fight through every stage of the War in Europe: the Hürtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge and in the small and sometimes deadly hamlets of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. From "regular" days (such as digging latrines and KP duty) to events that could appear in a movie (like a chance meeting with General Patton), Marshall's descriptions recount one soldier's everyday life in World War II.
War Stories Of The Tankers
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Author : Michael Green
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 2008-02-15
War Stories Of The Tankers written by Michael Green and has been published by Zenith Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-15 with History categories.
Harrowing firsthand accounts of armored combat, from WWI through tank warfare in Baghdad today.
Pershing S Tankers
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Author : Lawrence M. Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2018-08-03
Pershing S Tankers written by Lawrence M. Kaplan and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-03 with History categories.
After the United States declared war against Germany in April 1917, the US Army established the Tank Corps to help break the deadlock of trench warfare in France during World War I. The army envisioned having a large tank force by 1919, but when the war ended in November 1918, only three tank battalions had participated in combat operations. Shortly after, Brigadier General Samuel D. Rockenbach, Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Tank Corps under General John J. Pershing, issued a memorandum to many of his officers to write brief accounts of their experiences that would supplement official records. Their narratives varied in size, scope, and depth, and covered a range of topics, including the organizing, training, and equipping of the tank corps. For the first time since these reports were submitted, Pershing's Tankers: Personal Accounts of the AEF Tank Corps in World War I presents an unprecedented look into the experiences of soldiers in the US Army Tank Corps. The book provides fresh insight into the establishment and combat operations of the tank corps, including six personal letters written by Colonel George S. Patton, Jr., who commanded a tank brigade in World War I. Congressional testimony, letters, and a variety of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles in this collection provide additional context to the officers' revealing accounts.Based on completely new sources that include official US Army personnel reports that were previously unknown to researchers, this illuminating work offers a vivid picture of life and activities in the US Army Tank Corps in France. Revealed is a rare glimpse into the thoughts and experiences of a broad cross-section of men from the senior leadership down to the platoon level, and a behind-the-scenes look into how this first generation of "tankers" helped develop new war-fighting capabilities for the US Army.
Tank Warfare
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Author : Kenneth Macksey
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-11-20
Tank Warfare written by Kenneth Macksey and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-20 with History categories.
A fascinating and detailed insight into tank warfare, from introduction during World War I to the war in Vietnam. After its introduction during the First World War, the tank revolutionised warfare, and proved to be a terrifying and efficient machine of war. Kenneth Macksey provides a study of the policy-makers and tank strategists, the technical and tactical development, as well as presenting the story of the tank on the battlefield the split-second decisions, the battle-weary crews and the endless mud in this fascinating and detailed account of tank warfare.
The Milk Cows
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Author : John F. White
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2009-09-19
The Milk Cows written by John F. White and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-19 with History categories.
“A comprehensive look at the German submarine tanker program during World War II . . . engaging.” —The NYMAS Review During the Second World War the Germans developed a specially adapted U-boat oil tanker with two aims. First, by refueling the attack U-boat fleet their range of operations and duration of patrol could be significantly increased. Secondly, these underwater tankers were far more likely to avoid detection than surface support ships. The submarine tankers, affectionately known as “Milk Cows,” were regarded by both the Germans and the Allies as the most important element of the U-boat fleet. Allied forces had orders to attack the tankers first whenever a choice was presented. Until late 1942 the German Milk Cows operated with great success and few losses. But from 1943 onwards the German rendezvous ciphers were repeatedly broken by the Allies and losses mounted rapidly. The Milk Cows were highly vulnerable during the lengthy refueling procedure as they lay stationary on the surface, hatches open. By the end of the war virtually every tanker had been sunk with severe loss of life. The story of this critical campaign has been thoroughly researched by the author and is told against the background of changing U-boat fortunes. “The author is to be congratulated on his research and writing such a thorough and readable account of such an interesting subject.” —Windscreen Magazine, Military Vehicles Trust “Readers will be fascinated not just by the mainstream replenishment work but also by the book’s accounts of German submarine operations far afield.” —Navy News
Long Night Of The Tankers
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Author : David Jay Bercuson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Long Night Of The Tankers written by David Jay Bercuson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with HISTORY categories.
Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a critical but often overlooked component of the Atlantic naval theatre in World War II. Using war diaries, after-action reports, and first-hand accounts, authors Bercuson and Herwig examine the story behind Operation Neuland, the German plan to prevent vital oil supplies reaching the United States and the United Kingdom from key refineries in the Caribbean. Starting in February 1942 with the initial German success in choking the oil supply to the Allied war machine, Long Night of the Tankers details the planning and execution of German operations and the subsequent diplomatic, political, and military responses of the Allies that ultimately overcame the German effort and transformed the Caribbean shipping lanes into a death trap for German U-boats.
Eagle Fleet
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Author : W. E. Lucas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Eagle Fleet written by W. E. Lucas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Merchant marine categories.