Author : Michael Green Gladys Green
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release :
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 9781610607742
Anyone Interested in Military Technology or American History Book jacket.
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 22,18 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760308219
The armies of General George S. Patton covered plenty of ground in the European and Mediterranean theaters, and this illustrated guide examines the variety of infantry and artillery weapons, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, and fighting armored vehicles that the mercurial military genius and his armies had at their disposal during the war's most crucial moments. 200 illustrations.
Author : Perry Parke
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,69 MB
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0811767388
Intrigued by hints of “the bigger man” behind the war personality of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the Curator of History of the West Point Museum and a former “Army wife” studied and compared innumerable legends and stories about him. The resulting profile is the unvarnished Patton, as the public saw him and as his friends and soldiers knew him. Based solidly on contemporary sources, many of them never before tapped by historians, Patton’s exploited in Mexico, in France in 1918, and during World War II, are strung together by kernels of truth often more startling than the fiction which has surrounded them. One of America’s most famous and controversial generals is depicted through his attitude toward his famous hand guns and uniforms, and the manner in which he reacted to war and to peace. Four pistols are featured in the book, because four pistols were featured in his ife. Sixteen pages of pertinent illustrations, many published for the first time…including the only known photograph of Patton carrying two pistols…accompany the documented narrative. The pistol expert will find detailed appendixes on General Patton’s favorite weapons and their accouterments. Patton and His Pistols is a book for everyone interested in Patton the leader and Patton the man.
Author : Charles Lemons
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2013-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1304137163
This is a one of a series of photo books on significant artifacts held by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. This volume covers the pair of pistols used by General George S. Patton Jr. during World War II - the M1873 Colt Peacemaker, and the S&W .357 Magnum. It includes a brief history of each revolver and a number of close up and detail color photographs of each. An added bonus is comparative shots of the two pistols with the two revolvers used during the filming of the movie "PATTON."
Author : J Furman Daniel
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 19,83 MB
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1682470644
While General George S. Patton Jr. remains an iconic figure seventy years after his death, few fully appreciate him as a strategic thinker. Indeed, his flamboyant personality often obscures the fact that he was a lifelong student of the military arts, a true strategic visionary, and a unique figure in American military history. This short volume introduces readers to a more complete and nuanced Patton. By tracing his intellectual development and connecting his views on strategic thought and history to the issues of the present day, this book offers a bold, fresh view on the famous general. Linking Patton’s success as a warfighter to his efforts as a thinker, this book hopes to kindle debate on managing human capital within the military. Most surely the book will demonstrate that—like Patton— the seeds of military success can be planted throughout a lifetime of formal and self-directed study of the military arts.
Author : Christopher J. Anderson
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 18,2 MB
Release : 1997-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780613509824
Each volume in this ongoing series combines detailed and informative captions with over 100 rare and unusual images. These books are a must for anyone interested in American military uniforms.
Author : George Smith Patton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 33,83 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780395735299
The personal and candid account of General Patton's celebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during World War II First published in 1947, War as I Knew It is an absorbing narrative that draws from Patton's vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries, covering the moment the Third Army exploded onto the Brittany Peninsula to the final Allied casualty report. The result is not only a grueling, human account of daily combat and heroic feats--including a riveting look at the Battle of the Bulge--but a valuable chronicle by one of the most brilliant military strategists in history. Patton's letters from earlier military campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, complemented by a powerful retrospective of his guiding philosophies, further reveal a man of uncompromising will and uncommon character, which made "Georgie" a household name in mid-century America.
Author : Earle Rice (Jr.)
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1438148739
Reviews the life and battles of General George S. Patton, a West Point graduate who led American troops to key victories both World Wars.
Author : D. A. Lande
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9781610607223
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 34,83 MB
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1783378530
The military historian and tank expert examines the evolution of the Patton tank through archival photographs across four decades of armored warfare. In the early Cold War years, a tank more powerful than the Sherman or Pershing was needed. The first Patton tanks—the M46s—were converted Pershings which saw service in Korea. The M47, with a more effective 90mm gun and turret, was then developed to counter the Soviet military threat. Later, the diesel-powered M48A3 was used by the US Marine Corps and US Army in South Vietnam. Further Patton models emerged in the coming decades, including the diesel-powered M60 series with its British-designed 105mm gun. Pattons were also made into specialist vehicles, including anti-aircraft, flame throwers, recovery and combat engineer vehicles. Other countries, notably Israel, made their own modifications to their M48s as well. In this volume full of superbly detailed wartime photographs, American tank expert Michael Green discusses all of these variations and their uses in combat zones around the world.
