Название: The Tigers of Bastogne: Voices of the 10th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge
Автор: Michael Collins, Martin King
Издательство: Casemate
ISBN: 1612004768
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 272
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 7,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
The gallant stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne has long become part of historical and media legend. But how many students of the war realize there was already a U.S. unit holding the town when they arrived? And this unit—the 10th Armored Division—continued to play a major role in its defense throughout the German onslaught.
In The Tigers of Bastogne, authors King and Collins finally detail the travails of this young armored division, which had only arrived in Europe that fall, yet found itself subject to the full brunt of Manteuffel’s Fifth Panzer Army in the Ardennes. At first overwhelmed, and then falling back to protect the vital crossroads, the 10th Armored was reinforced (not “saved”) by the Screaming Eagles, and its men and tanks went on to contribute largely to America’s victory in its largest battle of the war.