Bryan J. Dickerson

The Liberators of Pilsen

The U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia

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Produktbeschreibung

Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.S. armored division to be activated in World War II, the last deployed to the European Theater and the last to see combat. As the war in Europe was coming to an end, General George S. Patton chose the division to spearhead a daring advance into Czechoslovakia. In its first and only combat operation, the 16th liberated the city of Pilsen, forever endearing itself to the Czech people. Poised to continue to the capital city of Prague, the division was halted not by German resistance but by political rivalries between the Western powers and the Soviet Union. Official U.S. Army records and veteran accounts tell the story of the unit's brief two-year existence and its successful mission.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781476671147
• ISBN-10: 1476671141
• Artikelnr.: 48030627

Autorenporträt

Bryan J. Dickerson is a military and naval historian and a twice deployed U.S. Navy veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He lives in Blackwood, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Map Symbols A Word About Names and Spelling Prologue Introduction
1.
Forming the 16th Armored Division
2.
Training for War
3.
Czechoslovakia's Long Years of Nazi delete delete
Occupation
4.
Summer and Fall of 1944
5.
Deployed to Europe
6.
First Battle for the 23rd Cavalry Squadron
7.
The First Days of May 1945
8.
Day of Decision
9.
Pilsen and Prague on the Eve of Liberation 10.
The Liberation of Pilsen 11.
The Liberation of Pilsen Part 2 12.
Ike Ordered Halt! 13.
The End of the War in Europe 14.
The Pratt Mission 15.
V-E Day and Occupation Duties 16.
The 16th Armored Division Shuffle 17.
Returning Home and Deactivation 18.
The Postwar Lives of the 16th Veterans 19.
The Legacy of the 16th Armored Division Epilogue Chapter Notes Works Cited Index