4th Armored Division In The Encirclement Of Nancy Illustrated Edition

Author : Dr. Christopher R. Gabel
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782893868

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4th Armored Division In The Encirclement Of Nancy [Illustrated Edition] by Dr. Christopher R. Gabel Pdf

[Illustrated with 3 figures and 8 maps] In 1944, the 4th Armored Division played a central role in one of the more remarkable campaigns in American military history - Third Army’s pursuit across France, which was capped off by the encirclement and capture of Nancy. In the course of this campaign, the 4th Armored Division practiced a mode of warfare that has since become known to the Army as AirLand Battle. In as much as the encirclement of Nancy is one of the few historical examples that shows American mechanized forces waging war in accordance with the tenets of AirLand Battle, anyone seeking a deeper appreciation of today’s doctrine would do well to study this campaign carefully. The 4th Armored Division in the Encirclement of Nancy originated at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College as an introductory class for a course on modern division level operations. It is a companion piece to The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview, September-December 1944, published in February 1985.

Author : Christopher Richard Gabel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Nancy (France)
ISBN : OCLC:456777709

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The 4th Armored Division in the Encirclement of Nancy by Christopher Richard Gabel Pdf

Author : Christopher Richard Gabel,U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Combat Studies Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Nancy (France)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082400388

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The 4th Armored Division in the encirclement of Nancy by Christopher Richard Gabel,U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Combat Studies Institute Pdf

In 1944, the 4th Armored Division played a central role in one of the more remarkable campaigns in American military history-Third Army's pursuit across France, which was capped off by the encirclement and capture of Nancy. In the course of this campaign, the 4th Armored Division practiced a mode of warfare that has since become known to the Army as AirLand Battle. Inasmuch as the encircle ment of Nancy is one of the few historical examples that shows American mechanized forces waging war in accordance with the tenets of AirLand Battle, anyone seeking a deeper appreciation of today's doctrine would do well to study this campaign carefully. The 4th Armored Division in the Encirclement of Nancy originated at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College as an introductory class for a course on modern division-level operations. It is a companion piece to The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview, September-December 1944, published in February 1985.

Author : Colonel Ralph M. Mitchell
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782893790

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The 101st Airborne Division’s Defense Of Bastogne [Illustrated Edition] by Colonel Ralph M. Mitchell Pdf

[Includes 53 photos/illustrations and 11 maps] The defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II is one of the supreme achievements of American arms. Bastogne is deservedly identified with the finest characteristics of the American soldier, and the name Bastogne symbolizes a heroic battle. Bastogne has long held the attention of students of war, yet the battle offers new insights for soldiers with modern concerns. Colonel Ralph M. Mitchell’s study, The 101st Airborne Division’s Defense of Bastogne, reveals how a light infantry division, complemented by key attachments, stopped an armor-heavy German corps. Using original documents and reports, Colonel Mitchell traces the fight at Bastogne with emphasis on the organization, movement and, employment of the 101st Airborne Division. Although a variety of factors influenced the outcome at Bastogne, the flexibility of the 101st to reconfigure for sustained operations and to defeat strong opposition forces even when surrounded shows how properly augmented light infantry can fight and win.

Author : Anon
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892526

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Small Unit Actions [Illustrated Edition] by Anon Pdf

Included are more than 70 photos and maps. There are several reasons that justify such a publication. The most important is to give both the military reader and the American public solid, uncolored material for a better understanding of the real nature of modern battle. Military operations on the scale of this war if treated, as they must usually be, in terms of armies and corps, can give only an outline account of the fortunes of units smaller than a battalion, and very often the battalion is treated as the smallest counter in the moves described on a battlefield. This tends to be misleading; a battalion has no such unity as a battleship, but is a complex organism that maneuvers ordinarily on a front half a mile or more in width, includes a variety of specialized weapons, and often has attachments of engineers or tanks to provide greater tactical flexibility. In jungle or hedgerow country, the battalion frequently exists only as a mechanism to coordinate, perhaps with the greatest difficulty, the separate engagements of companies, platoons, or even squads. When the record (or the military history) sums up an action by saying, "The 3d Battalion fought its way forward against heavy resistance for 500 yards," only the man who has himself experienced combat is likely to realize what this can involve, and what the phrase conceals. It does not give the story of the front line action as experienced by the combat soldier. That story, hardest of all military operations to recapture and make clear, lies in detail such as that offered by the narratives presented here. The actions described in vivid and excellent detail are; France: 2d Ranger Battalion at Pointe du Hoc Saipan: 27th Division on Tanapag Plain Italy: 351st Infantry at Santa Maria Infante France: 4th Armored Division at Singling

Author : George Forty
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 076033160X

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4th Armored Division in World War II by George Forty Pdf

Like other volumes in the Spearhead series, this book takes readers to the cutting edge of warfare–for a close look at the make-up, operations, and performance of a military unit operating independently and forcefully at the forefront of battle. With a focus on aspects of war that most narrative histories omit–logistics and supply lines, communications, battlefield terrain, and command and control–this book offers an unparalleled view of the experience of the 4th Armored Division in World War II. Included are a brief history of the unit, its theater of operations, and the combat situations it faced first spearheading Patton’s Third Army in its race across France, then leading the attack to relieve the embatttled Screaming Eagles ofthe101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, and finally into the heart of the Reich itself, crossing into Czechoslovakia by VE Day. Copiously illustrated with photographs, organizational diagrams, tables, and unit markings (both tactical and individual), the book covers every aspect of this unit’s role in the war, from training and strategic planning to engineering and execution. It is an unusually detailed account of the true nuts and bolts behind the drama of the 4th Armored Division in World War II.

Author : Kenneth A. Koyen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : NWU:35556009456930

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The Fourth Armored Division from the Beach to Bavaria by Kenneth A. Koyen Pdf

Author : Charles B. MacDonald
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894193

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United States Army in WWII - Europe - the Last Offensive by Charles B. MacDonald Pdf

[Includes 26 maps and 92 illustrations] The American armies that absorbed the shock of the German counteroffensives in the Ardennes and Alsace in the winter of 1944-45 were the most powerful and professional that the United States had yet put in the field. That this was the case was abundantly demonstrated as the final campaign to reduce Nazi Germany to total defeat unfolded. The campaign was remarkably varied. As it gathered momentum in the snows of the Ardennes and the mud and pillboxes of the West Wall, the fighting was often as bitter as any that had gone before among the hedgerows of Normandy and the hills and forests of the German frontier. Yet the defense which the Germans were still able to muster following the futile expenditure of lives and means in the counteroffensives was brittle. The campaign soon evolved into massive sweeps by powerful Allied columns across the width and breadth of Germany. That the Germans could continue to resist for more than two months in the face of such overwhelming power was a testament to their pertinacity but it was a grim tragedy as well. To such an extent had they subjugated themselves to their Nazi leaders that they were incapable of surrender at a time when defeat was inevitable and surrender would have spared countless lives on both sides. It was a dramatic campaign: the sweep of four powerful U.S. armies to the Rhine; the exhilarating capture of a bridge at Remagen; assault crossings of the storied Rhine River, including a spectacular airborne assault; an ill-fated armored raid beyond Allied lines; the trapping of masses of Germans in a giant pocket in the Ruhr industrial region; the uncovering of incredible horror in German concentration camps; a dashing thrust to the Elbe River; juncture with the Russians; and a Wagnerian climax played to the accompaniment of Russian artillery fire in the Führerbunker in Berlin.

Author : Mike Guardia
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781636240336

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Arracourt 1944 by Mike Guardia Pdf

A photo-packed account of how the tanks of 4th Armored Division defeated two panzer brigades over eleven days of battle at Arracourt: “An enjoyable read.” —AMPS September 1944: With the Allies closing in on the Rhine, Adolf Hitler orders a counterattack on General Patton’s Third Army in France. Near the small French town of Arracourt, elements of the US 4th Armored Division meet the grizzled veterans of the 5th Panzer Army in combat. Atop their M4 Shermans, American tank crews square off against the technologically superior Mark V Panther tanks of the Wehrmacht. Yet through a combination of superior tactics, leadership, teamwork, and small-unit initiative, the outnumbered American forces win a decisive victory against the 5th Panzer Army. Indeed, of the 262 tanks and mobile assault guns fielded by German forces at Arracourt, 200 were damaged or destroyed by enemy fire. The Americans, by contrast, lost only 48 tanks. Following the collapse of the German counterattack, Patton’s Third Army found itself within striking distance of the Third Reich’s borderlands. The battle of Arracourt was the US Army’s largest tank battle until the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944. It helped pave the way for the final Allied assault into Germany, and showed how tactical ingenuity and adaptive leadership can overcome an enemy’s superior size or technological strength. This extensively illustrated book recounts the dramatic story. “An interesting study of small-unit leadership that emphasizes the importance of tank-crew training, the value of a reliable logistics system and effects of weather on battlefield activities.” —ARMOR Magazine “This well-written book explains how U.S. forces won this critical battle.” —WWII History Magazine “Enjoyable . . . includes some nicely done full color profiles of some of the tanks involved.” —ModelingMadness.com

Author : Richard H. Barnes,ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS.,U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OCLC:38192886

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Arracourt -- September 1944 by Richard H. Barnes,ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS.,U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Pdf

This battle study investigates operational and tactical considerations of the battles of Arracourt, which took place in September 1944 as the 4th Armored Division of Patton's Third Army clashed with the Fifth Panzer Army in the French province of Lorraine on the U.S. drive to the German West Wall. By examining detailed German and American unit histories, logs, and summaries, as well as personal papers, this study illuminates differences and similarities in reporting the U.S. penetration from the Nancy Bridgehead to Arracourt, the German offensive at Luneville as a prelude to Arracourt, and the two German offensives at Arracourt, as the Fifth Panzer Army attempted to link up with a German unit cut off at Nancy. Arracourt exemplifies penetration and mobile defense and illustrates the demand for good intelligence and flexible command and control. It shows the inherent risks of piecemeal commitment of reserves, the need for timely orders and good logistical support, as well as the tactical advantages of air superiority. (Author).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
ISBN : UFL:30031002253291

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The Army Lawyer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mike Guardia
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1636240321

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Arracourt 1944 by Mike Guardia Pdf

A heavily illustrated account of how the tanks of 4th Armored Division defeated two panzer brigades over 11 days of battle at Arracourt.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0938021885

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The Legacy of the 4th Armored Division by Anonim Pdf

March through history with the 4th Armored Division from its Pine Camp days in Tennessee & training in the American desert, to the hedgerows of France. Hundreds of photos depicting their superb performance during five World War II European campaigns.

Author : Charles B. MacDonald
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894179

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United States Army in WWII - Europe - the Lorraine Campaign by Charles B. MacDonald Pdf

[Includes 51 maps and 71 illustrations] This volume deals with the campaign waged by the Third Army in Lorraine during the period 1 September-18 December 1944. The present volume is concerned with the tactical operations of the Third Army and its subordinate units. The story of command and decision in higher headquarters is told only when it has a direct bearing on the campaign in Lorraine. The logistics of this campaign likewise have been subordinated to the tactical narrative. The basic unit in the present narrative is the infantry or armored division. The story of the division has been told in terms of its regiments and battalions, but swerves on occasion to the company or the platoon, just as the operations themselves turned on the exploits of these smaller units. Attention has been focused throughout the volume on the combat formations actually in the line. It is hoped, however, that the reader will gain some impression of the vital combination of arms and services which in the long run bring the infantry and the tanks to victory.

Author : Don M. Fox
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0786455160

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Patton’s Vanguard by Don M. Fox Pdf

Stirring accounts of the almost legendary campaigns of the United States Fourth Armored Division, universally recognized as “Patton’s Best,” from its pre–World War II origins up through its famous relief of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge are presented in this book. The break out of Normandy at Avranches, the isolation of the Brittany peninsula, the armored thrust across France, the tank battles at Arracourt that cemented the reputation of the Fourth Armored, the brutal struggle in Lorraine, and, ultimately, the legendary drive to Bastogne are among the topics. The accounts were assembled through the use of original unit combat diaries and after-action reports, memoirs of key historical figures and abundant supplementary documents and correspondences. But the essence of the book are the first-hand recollections from members of the division gathered by the author. With maps, drawings and photographs.