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Draftee Division : the 88th Infantry Division in World War II /

The involuntary soldiers of an unmilitary people such were the forces that American military planners had to pit against hardened Axis veterans, yet prewar unpreparedness dictated that whole divisions of such men would go to war under the supervision of tiny professional cadres. Much to his surprise...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, John Sloan, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©1986.
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Draftee Divisions: The Historical Roots; 2. Personnel and Personnel Utilization: Bureaucratic Roulette; 3. Training: Honing the Edge; 4. Logistics: The Strongest Card; 5. The Movement Overseas: Keeping the Edge; 6. Minturno: Baptism by Fire; 7. Diadem: The First Three Days; 8. Minturno to Rome: The Pursuit; 9. Rome to the Alps
  • and Beyond; Appendix 1. Cumulative Personnel-Induced Training Time Losses; Appendix 2. The Mythos of Wehrmacht Superiority: Colonel Dupuy Reconsidered.
  • Abbreviations and File NumbersNotes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.