Patton Versus the Panzers
The Battle of Arracourt, September 1944
Erschienen am 30. November 2023
288 Seiten
978-1-4930-8302-2 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
In September 1944 Hitler ordered an attack on Gen. George Patton's Third Army, which was deep inside France making for the Rhine and threatening the German industrial heartland beyond. The ensuing battle near Arracourt--the U.S. Army's largest tank-versus-tank clash until the Bulge--went badly for the Germans, who committed their armor piecemeal and whose offensive was shattered in a series of intense, close-range tank duels with the Americans. Armor expert Steven Zaloga deftly reconstructs the battle and shows how American Sherman tanks bested superior German Panthers.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
PA
USA
Illustrationen
200 BW Photos, 10 Maps
Dateigröße
46,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-8302-2 (9781493083022)
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Person
Steven Zaloga, an internationally recognized military historian, has written numerous books on the vehicles and campaigns of World War II, including Armored Champion (978-0-8117-1437-2), Armored Thunderbolt (978-0-8117-0424-3), Armored Attack 1944 (978-0-8117-0769-5), Armored Victory 1945 (978-0-8117-0771-8), and The Devil's Garden (978-0-8117-1228-6). He has appeared in programs on PBS and The Military Channel. He lives near Baltimore, Maryland.
Inhalt
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Technical Notes
- Glossary
- Chapter 1 Patton and the Panzers
- Chapter 2 Hitler's Plan
- Chapter 3 Patton's Plans
- Chapter 4 Opposing Forces
- Chapter 5 False Start: The Battle of Mairy
- Chapter 6 The Épinal Debacle
- Chapter 7 Breaching the Moselle Line
- Chapter 8 The Battle of Lunéville: Monday, 18 September
- Chapter 9 The Fields of Arracourt: Tuesday, 19 September
- Chapter 10 Arracourt Day 2: Wednesday, 20 September
- Chapter 11 The Battle for Juvelize: 21-23 September
- Chapter 12 Stalemate: 24-30 September
- Chapter 13 After-Action Assessment
- Historical Sources
- Appendix 1 The Commanders
- Appendix 2 Patton's Tanks
- Appendix 3 A Tanker's View of the Sherman
- Appendix 4 The Tiger Tank Myth
- Endnotes
