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For Want of A Gun: The Sherman Tank Scandal of WWII
Christian Mark Dejohn
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Description for For Want of A Gun: The Sherman Tank Scandal of WWII
Hardcover. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSL4; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 228. .
This remarkable story exposes the Sherman tank scandal of World War II, involving some of the biggest American names and stretching from the White House and Pentagon to factories and battlefronts. Outgunned by more powerful German opponents, the inferiority of American tanks led to some of the worst setbacks of the war, prolonging it in Europe. US tankers ultimately prevailed, but over 60,000 armored division soldiers were killed and wounded; their preventable sacrifice inspired the Hollywood movie Fury. Included are striking images of the Sherman's adversaries (photographed exclusively at the National Museum of Cavalry and Armor), along with original equipment, ... Read more
This remarkable story exposes the Sherman tank scandal of World War II, involving some of the biggest American names and stretching from the White House and Pentagon to factories and battlefronts. Outgunned by more powerful German opponents, the inferiority of American tanks led to some of the worst setbacks of the war, prolonging it in Europe. US tankers ultimately prevailed, but over 60,000 armored division soldiers were killed and wounded; their preventable sacrifice inspired the Hollywood movie Fury. Included are striking images of the Sherman's adversaries (photographed exclusively at the National Museum of Cavalry and Armor), along with original equipment, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764352508
SKU
V9780764352508
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About Christian Mark Dejohn
Christian DeJohn, a US Army Bosnia veteran, is unusually qualified to address this subject with authority as both an experienced, published military historian and a former United States Army tanker with real-world, hands-on experience as an M1A1 Abrams tank gunner with the Army's 1/104th Cavalry and First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry.
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