Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe Hogan William R.
Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe Hogan William R. A fourth-generation soldiers tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the…
Specifikacia Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe Hogan William R.
Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe Hogan William R.
A fourth-generation soldiers tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the "Spearhead," that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany--against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf--and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II.At twenty-eight, Sam Hogan is one of the youngest lieutenant colonels in the US Army. Two weeks after the now-infamous D-Day landings, Sam is preparing to give the order to advance into the German defenses that enclose the Normandy beachheads. The West Point graduate from Texas stands in the commander's hatch of his Sherman tank, behind him a steel wedge of seventeen other Shermans of his tank battalion.
Ahead of Sam lies seemingly impossible odds for survival: technologically superior Nazi tanks, camouflaged anti-tank guns, and infantry
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