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03057aam a2200469 i 4500 001 4F5F889CEBD311ED93B94C7220ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230506010020 008 230505s2022 pauab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1636240321 020 $a 9781636240329 035 $a (OCoLC)1263809381 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d NLMVD $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- $a e-gx--- $a e-fr--- 050 4 $a D762.A727 $b G83 2022 082 04 $a 623.74 $2 23 084 $a 623.74 $b GUA 100 1 $a Guardia, Mike, $e author. 245 10 $a Arracourt 1944 $h [Book] : $b triumph of American armor / $c Mike Guardia. 264 1 $a [Philadelphia, PA] : $b Casemate Publishers, $c [2022]. 300 $a 127 pages : $b illustrations (some color), color maps ; $c 26 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 12.00 490 1 $a Casemate illustrated 500 $a Place of publication from publisher's website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "September 1944: With the Allies closing in on the Rhine, Adolf Hitler orders a counterattack on General Patton's Third Army in France. Near the small town of Arracourt, France, elements of the US 4th Armored Division met the grizzled veterans of the 5th Panzer Army in combat. Atop their M4 Shermans, American tank crews squared off against the technologically superior Mark V Panther tanks of the Wehrmacht. Yet through a combination of superior tactics, leadership, teamwork, and small-unit initiative, the outnumbered American forces won a decisive victory against the 5th Panzer Army.Indeed, of the 262 tanks and mobile assault guns fielded by German forces, 200 were damaged or destroyed by enemy fire. The Americans, by contrast, lost only 48 tanks. Following the collapse of the German counterattack at Arracourt, General Patton's Third Army found itself within striking distance of the Third Reich's borderlands.The battle of Arracourt was the US Army's largest tank battle until the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944. It helped pave the way for the final Allied assault into Germany, and showed how tactical ingenuity and adaptive leadership can overcome an enemy's superior size or technological strength." 610 10 $a United States. $b Army, 3rd $b Army, 3rd $x History. 610 10 $a Germany. $b Panzerarmee, 5. $b Panzerarmee, 5. $x History. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z France. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z France $v Pictorial works. 650 0 $a Sherman tank $x History. 650 0 $a Sherman tank $x History $v Pictorial works. 650 0 $a Panther (Tank) $x History. 650 0 $a Panther (Tank) $x History $v Pictorial works. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Tank warfare. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Tank warfare $v Pictorial works. 650 6 $a Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 $x Campagnes et batailles $z France. 830 0 $a Casemate illustrated. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230506010700.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4F5F889CEBD311ED93B94C7220ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search