Buttoned up : American armor and the 781st Tank Battalion in World War II /

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Independent tank battalions were small, self-contained armored units attached to larger infantry divisions as necessary during World War II. The United States Army believed this would provide infantry the firepower and protection it needed on an ever-changing battlefield. In Buttoned Up: American Ar...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robeson, Westin Ellis, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 157.
Temas:
United States. > Army. > Tank Battalion, 781st > History.
United States. > Army > Armored troops > History > World War, 1939-1945.
United States. > Army
United States. > Army. > Tank Battalion, 781st
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Tank warfare.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Guerre des blindés.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Armed Forces > Armored troops
Regimental histories
Tank warfare
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Preface; Part 1: Origins through 1939; Chapter 1. An Introduction; Chapter 2. Dawn of the Tank; Chapter 3. The Great War and Its Wake; Chapter 4. American Armor during the Interwar Years; Chapter 5. Guderian and the German Attack on Poland; Chapter 6. Panzers in France; Part 2: Summer 1940-Fall 1944; Chapter 7. Creating the US Armored Force; Chapter 8. African Desert, British Troops, American Tanks; Chapter 9. World War; Chapter 10. El Alamein; Chapter 11. Disaster in Tunisia; Chapter 12. Lessons from the Desert; Part 3: The 781st Tank Battalion, Fall 1944-VE Day
  • Chapter 13. The Mediterranean and FranceChapter 14. The Separate Tank Battalion; Chapter 15. Battalion Operations, October-December 1944; Chapter 16. Hunting Tanks, Improving Tanks; Chapter 17. Battalion Operations, January 1945; Chapter 18. Battalion Operations, February-March 1945; Chapter 19. Battalion Operations, April-May 1945; Chapter 20. Postwar and Review; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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