Patton's Third Army at War / George Forty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forty, George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.

Patton, George S.

United States. Army. Army, 3rd--History.

United States.

World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Havertown, Pennsylvania : Casemate Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

The story of Gen. George S.Patton's magnificent Third Army as it advanced across Nazi-occupied Europe and into Hitler's redoubt. Includes photos. As America's own answer to the Blitzkrieg, Third Army's actions from the Normandy coast across France and Germany to Austria gave a new dimension to the term "fluid warfare." They only needed one general order-to seek out the enemy, trap, and destroy them. This they did, relentlessly overcoming every obstacle thrown in their way. Third Army's story is one of teamwork, of armor, infantry, and aircraft working together with a perfection that amazed even the Germans, who'd always considered themselves the masters of the mobile offensive. Though Third Army is often remembered for its tank spearheads, like the 4th Armored Division, these pages also give credit to the brave infantry divisions which butted their heads against fortresses such as Metz with ultimate success. It is also the story of a triumph of administration as thousands of trucks carried forward the vital supplies to keep the army on the move and fighting. When a German counteroffensive nearly burst through the US lines in the Ardennes, it was Patton's Third Army that turned on its heel and immediately drove in the "Bulge, " ending Hitler's last great hope for success in the west. Afterward nothing could stop it as it crossed the Rhine and overran the Reich. Much of Third Army's greatness, driving force, and will to win, was owed to one man-Gen. George Smith Patton Jr.-and a significant part of this book is devoted to him alone. In these pages, a renowned military historian gives a vivid impression in words and pictures of what it was like to live and fight with Patton's men. Full of eyewitness accounts, photographs, and maps, it relates the full story of how America's most dynamic fighting formation led the Allied effort against the Nazis' seemingly invincible European empire.

Contents:

Abbreviations; Timeline; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The Yanks Are Coming; 2 Breakout!; 3 Patton; 4 Georgie's Boys; 5 The Gallop Across France; 6 Mud and Blood in the Saar; 7 Continental Living; 8 The Battle of the Bulge; 9 Across the Rhine; 10 The Last Roundup; 11 Death and Legacy; Bibliography; Credits; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 9, 2016).

ISBN:

9781612003160

1612003168