US Armored Units in the North African and Italian Campaigns 1942 45

A clear and concise book that charts the development of the US Armoured Divisions from a green, untested force into a battle-hardened war-winning army.

The Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) saw the first operational deployment of US armoured divisions in World War II, and the experience proved chastening for the 1st Armored Division when it suffered defeat at the hands of Rommel''s Afrika K...