No sacrifice too great : the 1st Infantry Division in World War II / Gregory Fontenot.
""No Sacrifice Too Great: the 1st Infantry Division in World War II" is the story of how a great Division learned to fight from the summer of 1940 through VE day. Formed on a small core of combat veterans from the Great War, the 1st Infantry Division grew from an understrength, peacetime formation t...
Uniform Title: | American military experience series.
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Language: | English |
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Columbia, Missouri :
University of Missouri Press,
[2023]
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Series: | American military experience series.
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Physical Description: | xxi, 571 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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1st Infantry Division in World War II
First Infantry Division in World War II |
Format: | Book |
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""No Sacrifice Too Great: the 1st Infantry Division in World War II" is the story of how a great Division learned to fight from the summer of 1940 through VE day. Formed on a small core of combat veterans from the Great War, the 1st Infantry Division grew from an understrength, peacetime formation to a highly trained and respected fighting organization. More importantly it sustained tactical excellence in the face of dynamic conditions as it crossed North Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium, Germany and into Czechoslovakia"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | D769.3 1st .F66 2023 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780826222848 0826222846 |