Patton Unleashed: Patton's Third Army and the Breakout from Normandy, August-September, 1944

by Ripley, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780760314470
• ISBN10: 0760314470
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

Patton Unleashed details the remarkable armored achievement of Patton's 3rd Army. Hear first hand accounts of the battles as described by American veterans. Full color maps augmented with black and white action photography help detail the engagements at Le Mans, the Falaise Gap, the drive to the Seine, the clearing of the West Bank, the struggle for Metz and the grinding halt at the Seigfried Line. Patton's tank columns rumbled faster and further, sometimes up to 60 miles a day, than the Wehmact could react. His troops were so motivated by their General's desire to crush Nazi Germany and enter Berlin that enemy forces withered under a relentless American pursuit. Compare US armored tactics, training, equipment and command structure to the German Panzer Divisions., Learn the history behind the myth and revealed how Patton was America's greatest armored warfare advocate. Hardcover book with full color maps detailing battle plans, operational movements, German counterattacks and 3rd Armies race through France.The Author:Leo Daugherty, a US Marine reservist, has written numerous articles on Marine life and history. He was the Associate Editor for the Marine Corps Gazette and also authored The Battle of the Hedgerows.