LEADER 03047nam 2200601 450 001 9910820252503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8588-2 010 $a0-8131-6226-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334531 035 $a(EBL)1915735 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001432469 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11885145 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432469 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11405908 035 $a(PQKB)10239909 035 $a(OCoLC)900345134 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44252 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915735 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11007400 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691457 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915735 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334531 100 $a20150128h19861986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDraftee Division $ethe 88th Infantry Division in World War II /$fJohn Sloan Brown 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1986. 210 4$dİ1986 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-60175-5 311 $a0-8131-5152-X 320 $aBibliography: p. [213]-220. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Draftee Divisions: The Historical Roots; 2. Personnel and Personnel Utilization: Bureaucratic Roulette; 3. Training: Honing the Edge; 4. Logistics: The Strongest Card; 5. The Movement Overseas: Keeping the Edge; 6. Minturno: Baptism by Fire; 7. Diadem: The First Three Days; 8. Minturno to Rome: The Pursuit; 9. Rome to the Alps--and Beyond; Appendix 1. Cumulative Personnel-Induced Training Time Losses; Appendix 2. The Mythos of Wehrmacht Superiority: Colonel Dupuy Reconsidered 327 $aAbbreviations and File NumbersNotes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z 330 $aThe involuntary soldiers of an unmilitary people such were the forces that American military planners had to pit against hardened Axis veterans, yet prewar unpreparedness dictated that whole divisions of such men would go to war under the supervision of tiny professional cadres. Much to his surprise and delight, Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall found that the 88th Infantry Division, his first draftee division, ""fought like wildcats"" and readily outclassed its German adversaries while measuring up to the best Regular Army divisions. Draftee Division is at once a history of the 8 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States 606 $aDraftees$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories 615 0$aDraftees$xHistory. 676 $a940.54/12/73 700 $aBrown$b John Sloan$f1949-$01086953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820252503321 996 $aDraftee Division$94110656 997 $aUNINA