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The Panzer killers : the untold story of a fighting general and his Spearhead Tank Division's charge into the Third Reich /

Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton and the other top U.S. commanders...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bolger, Daniel P., 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Rose, Maurice, > 1899-1945.
United States. > Army. > Armored Division, 3rd > History.
Generals > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Tank warfare.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
HISTORY > World.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Carentan D+7
  • Normandy and beyond
  • Lightning Joe's lament
  • Slaughter pen
  • War on the Michelin map
  • The west wall
  • Dragon's teeth
  • The dark wood of error
  • Panthers in the snow
  • The Reich
  • To the Rhine
  • One shot
  • "A hell of a fix"
  • Epilogue: Nordhausen D+309
  • Appendices. 3rd Armored Division leadership
  • 3rd Armored Division task organization as of August 20, 1944.