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Author Bolger, Daniel P., 1957- author.

Title The Panzer killers : the untold story of a fighting general and his Spearhead Tank Division's charge into the Third Reich / Daniel P. Bolger.

Publication Info. [New York] : Dutton Caliber, [2021]

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Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5412 BOL    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5412 BOLGER    DUE 05-15-24
Description xix, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Prologue: Carentan D+7 -- Normandy and beyond -- Lightning Joe's lament -- Slaughter pen -- War on the Michelin map -- The west wall -- Dragon's teeth -- The dark wood of error -- Panthers in the snow -- The Reich -- To the Rhine -- One shot -- "A hell of a fix" -- Epilogue: Nordhausen D+309 -- Appendices. 3rd Armored Division leadership -- 3rd Armored Division task organization as of August 20, 1944.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-388) and index.
Subject 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.
Rose, Maurice, 1899-1945. (OCoLC)fst01803027
United States. Army. Armored Division, 3rd. (OCoLC)fst00543973
Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
Tank warfare. (OCoLC)fst01142710
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Western Front (World War (1939-1945)) (OCoLC)fst01900004
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Untold story of a fighting general and his Spearhead Tank Division's charge into the Third Reich
ISBN 9780593183717 (hardcover)
0593183711 (hardcover)
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