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Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt
Charles Brown MacDonaldSidney T. Mathews
出版Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1952
ISBN016023932X9780160239328
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bv0SAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This volume, part of the famed official U.S. Army History of World War II, takes a detailed look at combat at the small unit level during three battles in the European Theater of Operations based on interviews and recollections of the participants. In the opening four chapters, MacDonald, himself an U.S. Army infantry commander during the war, describes the River Crossing of Arnaville, the story of the 10th and 11th Infantry Regiments, 5th Infantry Division, and Combat Command B, 7th Armored Division, in crossings of the Moselle River at Dornot and Arnaville, France, in September 1944. Two subsequent sections, the first by Sidney T. Mathews, details the break-through at Monte Altuzzo, Italy, and spotlights the accomplishments and failures of the 338th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, in the penetration of the Gothic Line, also in September 1944. MacDonald then closes with an eight-chapter history of the Battle for Schmidt, Germany, as experienced by the soldiers of the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, in November 1944. Supplemented with photographs, detailed maps, a bibliography, and order of battle listing, Three Battles remains one of the best books ever written about war from the common soldier's perspective. As the authors explain, their book is intended for small unit officers. The actions described in Three Battles were representative of the of thousands of other small unit actions that made up the larger campaigns in Europe. This book succeeds well in showing the tremendous importance of the individual commander and soldier and the vital contribution they made as part of a larger team in obtaining the final victory often against incredible odds and enormous difficulties.