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Summary:

"A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose, the World War II tank commander whose 3rd Armored Division struck fear into the hearts of Hitler's panzer crews"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: I. NORMANDY AND BEYOND
• 1. Lightning Joe's Lament
• 2. Slaughter Pen
• 3. War on the Michelin Map
• II. WEST WALL
• 4. Dragon's Teeth
• 5. Dark Wood of Error
• 6. Panthers in the Snow
• III. REICH
• 7. To the Rhine
• 8. One Shot
• 9. "A Hell of a Fix"
• Epilogue: Nordhausen D+309
• Appendices
• 3rd Armored Division Leadership
• 3rd Armored Division Task Organization as of August 20, 1944.

Author/Creator:

Bolger, Daniel P., 1957- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Panzer killers: the untold story of a fighting general and his Spearhead Tank Division's charge into the Third Reich [by Bolger, D.P.]

Subjects:

Rose, Maurice, 1899-1945

United States Army — Armored Division, 3rd — History

Generals — United States — Biography

World War, 1939-1945 — Tank warfare

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Western Front

World War, 1939-1945 — Regimental histories — United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-388) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

D769.305 3d .B65 2020eb

ISBNs:

9780593183731 (electronic bk.)
0593183738 (electronic bk.)
9780593183717 [Invalid]
0593183711 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1256681447

Other Control Numbers:

2376734 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp302182472