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1 online resource |
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Williams-Ford Texas A & M University military history series ; number 157 |
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Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 157.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface; Part 1: Origins through 1939; Chapter 1. An Introduction; Chapter 2. Dawn of the Tank; Chapter 3. The Great War and Its Wake; Chapter 4. American Armor during the Interwar Years; Chapter 5. Guderian and the German Attack on Poland; Chapter 6. Panzers in France; Part 2: Summer 1940-Fall 1944; Chapter 7. Creating the US Armored Force; Chapter 8. African Desert, British Troops, American Tanks; Chapter 9. World War; Chapter 10. El Alamein; Chapter 11. Disaster in Tunisia; Chapter 12. Lessons from the Desert; Part 3: The 781st Tank Battalion, Fall 1944-VE Day |
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Chapter 13. The Mediterranean and FranceChapter 14. The Separate Tank Battalion; Chapter 15. Battalion Operations, October-December 1944; Chapter 16. Hunting Tanks, Improving Tanks; Chapter 17. Battalion Operations, January 1945; Chapter 18. Battalion Operations, February-March 1945; Chapter 19. Battalion Operations, April-May 1945; Chapter 20. Postwar and Review; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Independent tank battalions were small, self-contained armored units attached to larger infantry divisions as necessary during World War II. The United States Army believed this would provide infantry the firepower and protection it needed on an ever-changing battlefield. In Buttoned Up: American Armor and the 781st Tank Battalion in World War II, Westin E. Robeson explores the contribution of American armor to the Allied victory in World War II. Robeson first provides contextual background with a consideration of the history of the tank itself and the development of armor doctrine during the First World War and interwar years. He then addresses the rebirth of American armor in response to the German attacks in Europe. Finally, he focuses on a particular independent tank battalion, the 781st, as a case study of the effectiveness of armor in World War II.Buttoned Up introduces the reader to the application of American armored doctrine and provides a new understanding of the tank as a weapon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 10, 2018) |
| Subject |
United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 781st -- History
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United States. Army -- Armored troops -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army fast |
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United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 781st fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Armed Forces -- Armored troops
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Regimental histories
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Tank warfare
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781623495671 |
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1623495679 |
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