| Us Armored Units in the North African and Italian Campaigns 1942-45 Contributor(s): Zaloga, Steven J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1841769665 ISBN-13: 9781841769660 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $24.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2006 Annotation: The Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) saw the first operational deployment of US armoured divisions in World War II, and the experience proved chastening for the 1st Armored Division when it suffered defeat at the hands of Rommel's Afrika Korps at the battle of Kasserine Pass. This title covers the organization of these early US armored divisions, as well as the independent tank and tank destroyer battalions that accompanied them. It details the evolution if US armoured warfare tactics and doctrine, learned from the difficult experiences of North Africa, and illustrates how they were used elsewhere in the MTO, particularly in the Italian Peninsula. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 940.541 |
| Series: Battle Orders |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 7.32" W x 9.8" (0.69 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - Italy |
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Contributor Bio(s): Zaloga, Steven J.: - Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over two decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union. |