A01=George Forty
Author_George Forty
Category=JWT
Category=NHK
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Category=NHWR7
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Product details
- ISBN 9780750932103
- Dimensions: 194 x 263mm
- Publication Date: 17 May 2003
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The building of the American Army in World War II from a tiny, outdated and ill-equipped force into one of the mightiest armies of the world was rightly described by Sir Winston Churchill as being a "prodigy of organization". Its value to the Allied cause was immeasurable and it had a fine fighting record all over the world. The US Army was marvellously well-equipped, thanks to American inventiveness, "know-how" and technological prowess, and by 1945 it led the world in weaponry, strategic mobility and logistic capabilities. This study details the organization, structure and equipment of the US Army - everything from weapons to tactics, marking to camouflage and rations to radio sets. Detailed appendices also cover military symbology, field orders and sample battle orders. Fully illustrated with a varied selection of action photographs, this is a useful reference guide to the world's greatest army during World War II.
Lt-Col George Forty OBE, FMA has written many books, including Leakey's Luck, A Tank Commander with Nine Lives, British Army Handbook 1939-1945 and Japanese Army Handbook 1939-1945 for Sutton. He served in the British Army for 32 years with the Royal Tank Regiment.
