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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.

Publisher:

Dutton Caliber,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xix, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rose, Maurice,--1899-1945.
United States.--Armored Division, 3rd--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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-388) and index.

Contents:

3rd Armored Division task organization as of August 20, 1944. 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.

ISBN:

0593183711
9780593183717

LCCN:

2020006719

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SQPC104 -- Jesup Public Library (Jesup)

SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

CXPC586 -- Keck Memorial Library (Wapello)