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Le Tissier Tony <1932-> |
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Patton's pawns [[electronic resource] ] : the 94th US Infantry Division at the Siegfried Line / / Tony Le Tissier |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Germany |
Siegfried Line (Germany) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-343) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Division Moves into the Line; 2. The Division Goes into Action; 3. Disaster at Orscholz; 4. Action on the Left Flank; 5. The Second Battle of Sinz; 6. The Division Unleashed; 7. Clearing the Triangle; 8. Crossing the Saar; Photographs to follow page; 9. Establishing the Bridgehead; 10. Developing the Bridgehead; 11. Taking Trier; 12. The Battle of Lampaden Ridge; 13. The Race for the Rhine; Epilogue; Appendix A: HQ 94th Infantry Division; Appendix B: 301st Infantry Regiment; Appendix C: 302nd Infantry Regiment |
Appendix D: 376th Infantry RegimentAppendix E: Selected Telephone Conversations betweenHQ XX Corps and HQ 94th Infantry Division; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Armed Forces Index |
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The 94th US Infantry Division was an organization formed late in the Second World War, made up largely of draft-deferred university students as enlisted men and an officer corps pulled together from various domestic postings with unfortunate consequences for mutual trust and respect. Initially used as part of the force blockading the Brittany ports after D-Day, in December of 1944, the division was incorporated into General Patton's Third Army south of the Moselle-Saar Triangle, the base of which was a portion of the Siegfried Line known as the Orscholz Switch. Its first c |
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