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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Brown, John Sloan (1949-....)
Titre(s) : Draftee Division [Texte imprimé] : the 88th Infantry Division in World War II / John Sloan Brown
Publication : Lexington, Ky. : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-225 p.-[8] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
The involuntary soldiers of an unmilitary people such were the forces that American
military planners had to pit against hardened Axis veterans, yet prewar unpreparedness
dictated that whole divisions of such men would go to war under the supervision of
tiny professional cadres. Much to his surprise and delight, Army Chief of Staff General
George C. Marshall found that the 88th Infantry Division, his first draftee division,
""fought like wildcats"" and readily outclassed its German adversaries while measuring
up to the best Regular Army divisions. Draftee Division is at once a history of the
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Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Histoire des unités -- États-Unis
États-Unis. Army. Infantry Division (88)
États-Unis. Army. Infantry -- Recrutement et engagement -- 1900-1945
Indice(s) Dewey :
940.541 273 (23e éd.) = Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Unités militaires des Alliés - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813151526. - ISBN 081315152X. - ISBN 9780813162263. - ISBN 0813162262
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47031040j
Notice n° :
FRBNF47031040
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