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Armored Thunderbolt
The U.S. Army Sherman
in World War II
Language(s): | English text |
Format: | Hardcover, 8" x 10" |
Photos: | 400 B+W wartime photos |
Publisher: | Stackpole Books |
Item No. SP-4243 | Price: $34.95 |
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Some tank crews referred to the American M4 Sherman tank as a "death trap." Others, like Gen. George Patton, believed that the Sherman helped win World War II. So which was it: death trap or war winner? Armor expert Steven Zaloga answers that question by recounting the Sherman's combat history. Focusing on Northwest Europe (but also including a chapter on the Pacific), the author follows the Sherman into action on D-Day, among the Normandy hedgerows, during Patton's race across France, in the great tank battle at Arracourt in September 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge, across the Rhine, and in the Ruhr pocket in 1945.
The book itself has many features:
- Hundreds of photos, including many never published before
- Riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II
- Compares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger tank
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