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Title:Forging the Thunderbolt : History of the US Army's Armored Forces, 1917-45
Series:(Stackpole Military History Series)
Author:Mildred H Gillie
ISBN:0811733432 : 9780811733434
Illustrations:b/w photos
Format:Paperback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:298
Weight: .528 Kg.
Published:Stackpole Books - July 2006
List Price: 12.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:World history: First World War: World history: Second World War: Military history


A military history classic of the rise of America's armoured forces from their humble beginnings in borrowed tanks on the battlefields of France in World War I to a thundering crescendo of tactical prowess and lethal power as they spearheaded the liberation of Western Europe in World War II. A brilliant, straightforward study of the men and machines that brought fame to the likes of Generals Patton, Pershing, and Chaffee and the Sherman, Grant and Lee tank. Features a detailed look at the career of Gen. Adna Romanza Chaffee, the 'Father of the Armoured Force' and a photo insert of the men and machines that made the American Armoured Corps a legend.