Into the Breach

Titel:: Into the Breach
Subtitel:: The Life and Times of the 740th Tank Battalion in World War II
ISBN10:: 1425149677
ISBN13:: 9781425149673
Schrijver:: Pearson, P. L.
Aantal pagina's:: 304
Uitgever:: Trafford Publishing
Plaats van uitgifte:: Victoria, Canada
Jaar van uitgifte:: 2007
Beschrijving:: December, 1944. When the Daredevil Tankers of the 740th Tank Battalion moved into the breach against Kampfgruppe Peiper in the ice and snow of the Belgian Ardennes, the ferociousness of their attack sent the elite panzers of Hitler's 1st SS Panzer Division reeling. In bastard tanks pieced together from the scrapheap only the night before, the 740th plunged awkwardly into the war, spearheading lead elements of the 30th "Old Hickory" Division. It was the first good news to come out of the Battle of the Bulge. Code named "Daredevil," the 740th tankers rumbled on to crack the famed Siegfried Line twice - in the north with the 82nd Airborne Division and in the south with the 63rd Infantry in some of the most bitter fighting of the war. After blazing a trail through the Ruhr Pocket with the 8th Infantry Division, the tankers were soon back with the 82nd Airborne under heavy fire at the Elbe River. At the last, they led the incredible race to the Baltic Sea with the 8th Infantry on the backs of their tanks, linking up with the British and the Russians. Into the Breach portrays the spirit and sacrifices on the home front as well as offering glimpses of the towering figures of Eisenhower, FDR, Churchill, Stalin, and Hitler. And you will never forget the personal stories of the tankers themselves as they reveal it all to you in this exciting, true-to-life story of the Daredevil Tankers in World War II.

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