American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion

Author:   Victor Failmezger
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781472824875


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   31 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Victor Failmezger
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 20.00cm
Weight:   0.432kg
ISBN:  

9781472824875


ISBN 10:   1472824873
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   31 May 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction / Foreword / Prologue / Seek, Strike and Destroy / North Africa / Vindication in North Africa / Italian mud! / Stalemate at Cassino / Anzio “Easy at first but tough as hell now” / Push Them Back into the Sea / World War One All Over Again / Breakout for Rome / Here We Go Again – Training for the Forgotten D-Day / France isn’t Italy / Conquerors of the Vosges / Alsace / The Other Battle of the Bulge / Germany at Last / It Finally Ends / Epilogue / Appendixes / Bibliography

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"". . . a highly engaging work that is a valuable addition to World War II histories."" --Army Magazine ""Highly recommended."" --AMPS Indianapolis ""...really puts you in the middle of the action and the experiences they had during the war."" --IPMS/USA ""The reader is treated to an effective blend of the author's prose and the words of the participants, making the work a pleasure to read and easy to follow."" --WWII History Magazine


. . . a highly engaging work that is a valuable addition to World War II histories. - Army Magazine Highly recommended. - AMPS Indianapolis


. . . a highly engaging work that is a valuable addition to World War II histories. - Army Magazine


Author Information

Victor 'Tory' Failmezger is a retired US Naval Officer and nephew of Lieutenant Thomas Peter Welch of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, the discovery of whose wartime letters inspired this book. In the early 1970s Commander Failmezger was stationed at NATO in Naples, Italy and lived in an apartment overlooking the Bay of Pozzuoli where the 601st conducted practice landings for both the Anzio and Southern France landings. In the early 1980s he served as the Assistant Naval Attaché in Rome, Italy and was a participant in the celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Rome. A later tour found him as the Director of the US Navy Science and Technology Group, Europe in Munich, Germany. He is a graduate of the US Foreign Service Institute (Italian) and the Defense Language Institute (German). After retirement he worked as a consultant in the private sector and for the US Department of Energy and NASA. His historical works include Roman Bronze Coins from Paganism to Christianity and Paget, Discoverer of Hades. He lives in Virginia.

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