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title: "US Tank and Tank Destroyer Battalions in the ETO 1944–45 (Battle Orders, 10)"
brand: "steven j. zaloga"
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# US Tank and Tank Destroyer Battalions in the ETO 1944–45 (Battle Orders, 10)

**Brand:** steven j. zaloga
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    My fathers outfit
  

*by L***. on Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2022*

Highlights more info of what it was like during his service in the war.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Another Great Volume From Zaloga
  

*by R***K on Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2005*

Steven J. Zaloga's volume on US Tank Battalions and Tank Destroyer Battalions in the ETO in 1944-45 in Osprey's Battle Order series is filled to the brim with useful data and incisive comment. Zaloga's previous volume in this series covered US armored divisions and this volume covers the remaining spectrum of separate tank battalions and tank destroyer (TD) battalions. Despite the wealth of information already available on this subject, Zaloga still manages to unearth rare and interesting details, presenting them in highly lucid fashion. Zaloga begins the volume with an extensive discussion of the combat missions of the separate tank battalions and the TD battalions. Essentially, both units were plagued by doctrinal problems and faulty command decisions from the start. The separate tank battalions were formed to provide direct support to infantry units but the US Army decided not to invest in a heavy infantry tank (like the British Churchill) that could stand up to anti-tank fire. Zaloga notes that the US Army did successfully debut a heavy-armor assault tank version of the Sherman late in the war, but that few were produced. The TD battalions were plagued by a faulty doctrine that just never worked, and the units were usually used for supporting infantry units. Zaloga also pulls no punches in pointing the finger at Major General Leslie McNair, Army Ground Forces commander, as responsible for a string of costly mistakes. McNair opposed attaching separate tank battalions on a permanent basis to infantry divisions, favored retaining light tanks after it was clear that they couldn't compete on the battlefield and championed towed over self-propelled TD units. Zaloga's incisive narrative is supported by six excellent maps that depict armor in various missions: tanks in the first wave on Omaha Beach; tanks landing in Operation Dragoon; bocage-busting in Operation Cobra; attack on a fortified area - Fort Driant; armor in defense in the Ardennes; armor in river-crossing - Roer River. The author also provides four full-page organization charts for the tank battalion, light tank battalion, towed and SP TD battalions. In an appendix, Zaloga provides a capsule summary of each tank and TD battalion that served in the ETO. The author also touches on a number of obscure but interesting topics, such as the searchlight-equipped "Leaflet tanks" - although six battalions were deployed in Europe, the weapon was so secret that even army-level commanders were unaware of their existence. However, the Leaflet tanks were used to protect the Meuse River crossings during the Battle of the Bulge. Zaloga also mentions the M22 airborne tank and the 28th Tank Battalion - the only US armored airborne battalion in the Second World War. Additionally, Zaloga discusses how tank and TD units were used in the indirect fire role. As usual, Zaloga highlights technical issues that are often ignored by other authors and he also does a fine job analyzing the impact of doctrinal decisions in combat. An excellent volume.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    was my grandfathers tank unit in WW2
  

*by P***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2021*

shows the history of tank destroyes of ww2

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