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Patton, Montgomery, Rommel : masters of war
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"In 'Patton, Montgomery, Rommel', one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their c...
"In 'Patton, Montgomery, Rommel', one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief commanders--three men who also happened to be the most compelling dramatis personae of World War II ..."--Dust jacket.
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- Creator
- Terry Brighton
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- First U.S. edition
- New York : Crown, [2009]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xix, 426 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780307461544, 0307461548
- OCLC
- ocn440844762
- Originally published: Great Britain : Viking, 2008.
- Originally published in Great Britain as Masters of battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-411) and index.
- The ego at war -- 3 portraits -- First blood -- How to fight in armor -- Rommel's blitzkrieg -- Original Rommel: 7th Panzer Division invasion narrataive -- Conquests of the Deutsches Afrika Korps -- Hounding Rommel: Monty and Patton close in -- Operations lightfoot and torch -- Fractures in Anglo-American alliance -- Patton's race to Messina -- Monty's crawl to Salerno -- The battering ram and the Atlantic wall -- Original Patton: The invasion speech to the Third Army -- The master plan and the Grossinvasion -- The Caen Controversy -- Patton's blitzkrieg and the "Montgomery Thrust" -- The Rommel murder -- Bulging ambitions: PAtton and Monty "win" the was -- What to do with Nazis and Communists -- Original Monty: Memoirs at war -- The will to fight
Subjects
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.
- Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944.
- Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
- Generals -- Germany -- Biography.
- Generals -- United States -- Biography.
- Marshals -- Great Britain -- Biography.