Forging the Thunderbolt History of the U.S. Army's Armored Forces, 1917-45,9780811733434

Forging the Thunderbolt History of the U.S. Army's Armored Forces, 1917-45

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ISBN13: 9780811733434
ISBN10: 0811733432
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-06-13
Publisher(s): Stackpole Books
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Summary

A military history classic of the rise of America's armored forces from their humble beginnings in borrowed tanks on the battlefields of France in World War I to a thundering crescendo of tactical prowess and lethal power as they spearheaded the liberation of Western Europe in World War II. A brilliant, straightforward study of the men and machines that brought fame to the likes of Generals Patton, Pershing, and Chaffee and the Sherman, Grant and Lee tank. Features a detailed look at the career of Gen. Adna Romanza Chaffee, the "Father of the Armored Force" and a photo insert of the men and machines that made the American Armored Corps a legend.

Author Biography

M. H. Gillie was born in Wisconsin and later studied at Cornell. Before settling in Tacoma, Washington, she worked as a teacher and copywriter in New York City. She is deceased.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi
Acknowledgments viii
Monster of Cambrai
1(18)
The Gasoline Brigade
19(18)
From Sabers to Monkey Wrenches
37(26)
The Tortoise and the Hare
63(14)
Test-Tube Tactics
77(22)
Growing Pains
99(34)
Blueprint for Blitzkrieg
133(24)
One Sunday in June
157(26)
Now Is No Time to Die
183(16)
Prologue to Combat
199(20)
Operations Torch and Husky
219(22)
``Tanks or to Hell with It''
241(16)
Continental Cavalcade
257(28)
Epilogue 285(2)
Notes 287(4)
Index 291

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