American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
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Oxford, UK : Osprey Publishing, 2015.
Physical Desc
351 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Status
Frank Carlson Library - NON-FICTION
940.54 Failmezger, Victor
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940.54 Failmezger, Victor
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Published
Oxford, UK : Osprey Publishing, 2015.
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-329) and index.
Description
"Describes the Tank Destroyer Battalion, the 601st, a new military unit that took on the Third Reich's armored tanks of the fierce and seemingly indestructible Panzerwaffe in the final battles of World War II," --Novelist.
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An unmissable white-knuckle ride from the Kasserine pass to Anzio, Operation Dragoon to the final attacks on the Third Reich, this is the gripping story of the men and machines that took on Nazi Germany's best. This book not only reveals the technical details and origins of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, it places the reader on the front lines of the European war.
As the war swung in the favor of the Allies, it became clear that no final defeat of the Third Reich would be possible until the armored monsters of the Panzerwaffe were defeated. But who would, or even could, take on the mighty Tigers and Panthers, just a handful of whom could stop entire formations in their tracks? The answer lay with the formation of a new type of unit, the Tank Destroyer Batallion. This is the story of the men and machines who made up the very first Tank Destroyer Batallion, the 601st, from their unique training and formation, to the final, desperate battles in the heart of Nazi Germany. Packed with rare material, letters, diaries and unpupublished photographs, this is an intense and intimate chronicle of the men who fought the Panzers in an astonishing 10 campaigns and 546 days of lethal combat. Re-live the excitement and terror of battling the best the Wehrmacht and SS had to offer, in every major campaign in the West.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Failmezger, V. (2015). American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion . Osprey Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Failmezger, Victor. 2015. American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion. Osprey Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Failmezger, Victor. American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion Osprey Publishing, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Failmezger, Victor. American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion Osprey Publishing, 2015.
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