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Author : Adam Makos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782395782
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (957 download)
Download or read book Spearhead written by Adam Makos and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the bestselling A Higher Call comes the remarkable story of an unsung hero of World War II.
Author : Louis G. Gruntz
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book A Tank Gunner's Story written by Louis G. Gruntz and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 712th Tank Battalion veteran of Patton's Third Army returned home after the Second World War, but for over fifty years rarely speaks of his wartime experiences. His son grows to manhood with only a perception of combat gleaned from the movies of his youth and knowing little of his father's wartime ordeals. During a difficult time in his son's life, the father breaks his silence as they travel across Europe along the battle route of the 712th Tank Battalion from the hedgerows of Normandy, across France to Metz, and through Luxembourg and Germany. This is not only a story of the father's wartime experiences, but also of the father and son's journey, the bond that developed between them as well as the son's change in perception of combat. A Soldier's Story: Gunner Gruntz of the 712th Tank Battalion tells the gripping yet emotional account of his father's firsthand experiences while standing on the sites where he battled, was wounded, saw friends killed in Normandy and during the Battle of the Bulge, and where he earned the Bronze Star in bloody combat. An exhaustive and essential account of the horrors of war where Gruntz took on the might of the Third Reich and Tiger panzers in his Sherman, A Soldier's Story: Gunner Gruntz of the 712th Tank Battalion is also lavishly illustrated with unpublished period photographs.
Author : Kenneth Macksey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782004033
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Tank Warfare written by Kenneth Macksey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and detailed insight into tank warfare, from introduction during World War I to the war in Vietnam. After its introduction during the First World War, the tank revolutionised warfare, and proved to be a terrifying and efficient machine of war. Kenneth Macksey provides a study of the policy-makers and tank strategists, the technical and tactical development, as well as presenting the story of the tank on the battlefield the split-second decisions, the battle-weary crews and the endless mud in this fascinating and detailed account of tank warfare.
Author : Francis Mitchell
Publisher : SPA Books, Limited (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Tank Warfare written by Francis Mitchell and published by SPA Books, Limited (UK). This book was released on 1987 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bog om udviklingen og brugen af kampvognen i den 1. Verdensrig 1914-18. Bogen er et optryk af den originale tekst fra 1930'erne, og flere af kapitlerne fortæller om en autentisk episode et sted på Vestfronten og som samtidig belyser kampvognen.
Author : Adam Makos
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0593303458
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Spearhead (Adapted for Young Adults) written by Adam Makos and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times bestseller, a riveting and true WWII story of a young man--an American tank gunner--who meets his destiny in an iconic armor duel and forges an enduring bond with his enemy. Shut the hatches. It's time to roll out. You'll find yourself behind enemy lines with Clarence Smoyer and the 3rd Armored Division, the workhorse unit known as "Spearhead," the best in the tank armor ranks. You'll feel as if you are right beside Clarence and his fellow crew members--all formerly strangers from across America who have now become family to each other. You will be jarred by enemy fire, and then explore the other side, stepping into the boots of German tanker soldier, Gustav Schaefer and his crew. You'll witness the heartbreaking tragedy, when an innocent young woman is caught in the crossfire. You'll see what happens when all of these lives collide, and realize how the aftershock still affects the survivors more than a half a century later. A riveting and true account of the perils of war as well as the prospect of forgiveness.
Author : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767909135
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Brothers in Arms written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful wartime saga recounting the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II. “More than a combat story . . . it’s also the story of how black soldiers had to fight (literally and figuratively) for the right to fight the Germans.”—USA Today Kareem Abdul-Jabbar first became immersed in the history of the 761st Battalion through family friend Leonard “Smitty” Smith, a veteran of the unit. Working with acclaimed writer Anthony Walton, Abdul-Jabbar interviewed surviving members of the battalion to weave together a page-turning narrative based on their memories, stories, and historical accounts, from basic training through the horrors of the battlefield to their postwar experiences. Trained essentially as a public relations gesture to maintain the support of the black community for the war, the battalion was never intended to see battle. In fact, General Patton originally opposed their deployment, claiming African Americans couldn’t think quickly enough to operate tanks in combatconditions. But in the summer of 1944, following heavy casualties in the fields of France, the Allies—desperate for trained tank personnel—called the battalion up anyway. While most combat troops fought on the front for a week or two before being rotated back, the men of the 761st served for more than six months, fighting heroically under Patton’s Third Army at the Battle of the Bulge and in the Allies’ final drive across France and Germany. Despite a casualty rate that approached 50 percent and an extreme shortage of personnel and equipment, the 761st would ultimately help liberate some thirty towns and villages, as well as several branch concentration camps. The racism that shadowed them during the war and the prejudice they faced upon their return home are an indelible part of their story. Shining through most of all, however, are the lasting bonds that united them as soldiers and brothers, the bravery they exhibited on the battlefield, and the quiet dignity and patriotism that defined their lives.
Author : John P. Irwin
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588361063
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Another River, Another Town written by John P. Irwin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers. Another River, Another Town is the story of John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunner whose idealistic desire to achieve heroism is shattered by the incredibly different view of life the world of combat demands. He comes to the realization that the realm of warfare has almost nothing in common with the civilian life from which he has come. The interminable fighting, dirt, fatigue, and hunger make the war seem endless. In addition to the killing and destruction on the battlefield, Irwin and his crew are caught up in the unbelievable depravity they encounter at Nordhausen Camp, where slave laborers are compelled to work themselves to death manufacturing the infamous V-rockets that have been causing so much destruction in London, and that are expected one day to devastate Washington, D.C. At the end of the war, the sense of victory is, for these men, overshadowed by the intense joy and relief they experience in knowing that the fighting is at last over.
Author : John P. Irwin
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9780613656405
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (564 download)
Download or read book Another River, Another Town written by John P. Irwin and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the experiences of John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunner whose desire to achieve heroism was shattered by the different view of life he gained during World War II.
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760332979
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (329 download)
Download or read book War Stories of the Tankers written by Michael Green and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harrowing firsthand accounts of armored combat, from WWI through tank warfare in Baghdad today.
Author : Richard Haigh
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Life in a Tank written by Richard Haigh and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will love reading about the first tanks ever deployed by the U.S. army. Read about these interesting mobile armored vehicles from the point of view of Richard Haigh, Captain of the British Tank Corps and recipient of honorable awards.
Author : Louis G. Gruntz, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781625450234
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)
Download or read book A Tank Gunner's Story written by Louis G. Gruntz, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the moving story of how a father shares his experiences with his son of the Second World War as a gunner in the US 712th Tank Battalion by retracing the journey of his battle route through Europe many years later.
Author : Artem Drabkin
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473822408
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Panzer Killers written by Artem Drabkin and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Army anti-tank gunners offer vivid accounts of their World War II combat experiences. From the cold and hunger of the Leningrad front to the clinging mud of the Korsun operation, from the gates of Moscow in 1941 to Vienna and Berlin in 1945, the recollections of these anti-tank gunners cover the vast expanses of the Eastern Front. The vivid personal narratives selected for this book give a fascinating insight into the firsthand experience of anti-tank warfare seventy-five years ago. Their testimony reveals how lethal, rapid, small-scale actions, gun against tank, were fought, and it shows how such isolated actions determined the outcome of the massive offensives and counter-offensives that characterized the struggle on the Eastern Front. They recall the hazards, confusion, and speed of combat, but they also provide details of the day-to-day routines of campaign life as part of a small, tightly knit team of men whose task was to take on the most feared tank armies of the day. Panzer Killers is a valuable addition to this series of graphic eyewitness accounts of every aspect of the Red Army’s war on the Eastern Front published by Pen & Sword. It records the contribution of one of the neglected branches of the Soviet armed forces—the anti-tank men who played a vital role in the complex military machine that stemmed the Germans’ advance, then forced them back to Berlin.
Author : Mark Carter
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783031999
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Anti-Tank written by Mark Carter and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combat memoir by a British Royal Artillery soldier recounting the fight against Rommel’s panzers, conveyed with wit and vivid detail. This is a vivid and perceptive insight into the horrors of war as experienced by British soldiers of the Royal Artillery in the Desert War in 1941 and 1942. The author, who fought in the campaign, brings to life the true nature of the fighting as British gunners struggled to defend their comrades from the armored power of the Axis forces under Erwin Rommel. Here, too, are some of the lighter sides of war and the friendships that were made in those days of adversity. Anti-Tank takes us from the fighting of 1941 and the to-and-fro of the Benghazi Stakes through to the final Battle of El Alamein in October/November 1942—and the beginning of Eighth Army’s advance to victory.
Author : Tank Gunner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781682221822
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Prompts - a Collection of Stories written by Tank Gunner and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tank Gunner is a pseudonym for a combat cavalry soldier decorated for gallantry. In response to classroom creative writing prompts, this collection of 60 stories includes ingenious and clever approaches to share non-fiction war stories as fiction. Following discovery of four combat daily operational reports he wrote 50 years ago, he knew more of the story than the three or four formal military sentences written for each daily entry over a four-month period and began adding detail regarding tactics, places, and people. Detail grew into elaborations, clarifications, and in some cases, corrections to the daily entries of these historical documents. He used his detailed work as answers for the 108 questions in The Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas Oral History Project questionnaire. For unexplained reasons the Center claimed their questionnaire was proprietary and denied his request to publish their questions with his answers. He respected their wish. Energized to write again, a community college class on creative writing gave the opportunity to present the non-fiction stories for evaluation and critique. Inspired by encouragement from the instructor and classmates, the odyssey began. From there, his answers, elaborations, and clarifications formed the nucleus for over 200 non-fiction war stories, and adding two albums containing over 350 photographs, images, and graphics, he published his non-fiction work. Prompts - a collection of stories is a mix of fiction from creative writing prompts and war stories based on real people and events.
Author : Thomas Fleming
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1612306993
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)
Download or read book The Story of Tanks written by Thomas Fleming and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a curious historical anomaly that the United States, for generations the greatest steel producer on the planet, the nation that invented the airplane and a staggering array of other technological marvels, never managed to design and build a good tank before the MIA1 Abrams of the 1991 Gulf War. The history of tanks has seldom attracted the attention it deserves, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming argues in this essay. Here is the overlooked and fascinating story of America's tanks.
Author : Leo J. Vaillancourt
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1477267018
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)
Download or read book Through the Right Eye of a Tiger written by Leo J. Vaillancourt and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about Leo J Vaillancourt tour of duty during the Korean War 1950 1951. He enlisted into the U.S. Army September 1948, completing 20 years of service, retiring from the U.S. Army June 1969. As a tank gunner on a M46 Tank, much of the story is what was observed thru a gunners periscope and the 6 power telescopic sight used for sighting the 90mm gun. (The right eye of a tiger,) is explained in the story. All of the events in this story took place before I was 21 years of age, and had an influence on me the remainder of my life. This is by no means the only event that took place while I was in Korea, but only what I can recall, after more than 60 years have passed, I own my life to the Offices and NCOs of my unit. We completed all assigned missions and they kept unit casualty down, do to their knowledge and leadership. Most of them had WW2 experience.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 146549488X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Tank written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pivotal to modern warfare, tanks have dominated the battlefield for over a century. Get up close to more than 400 military colossuses with this definitive visual guide to armored vehicles. In 1916, the British built a vehicle that could pound the battlefield impervious to enemy fire, crushing obstacles and barbed wire in its path. The first tank, or "Mother" as it was known, had arrived. In Tank you can view it in detail, along with other iconic models including the German Panzer, the legendary Tiger, the Vickers Medium Mark II, the Centurion, and the Hellcat – the fastest armored fighting vehicle ever. This comprehensive volume takes you through the most exciting story in recent military history with the development of heavy artillery, anti-tank weaponry, and the men – such as Mikail Koshkin and Sir William Tritton – who designed these awe-inspiring beasts. Produced with The Tank Museum, Tank traces the tank’s development in response to two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War and many other conflicts. It shows each model in detail, highlighting details such as their performance, specification, armor, weaponry, and much more. If you are interested in modern warfare, Tank is truly unmissable reading.
