Patton Unleashed Patton's Third Army and the Breakout from Normandy, August-September, 1944

Patton Unleashed details the remarkable armored achievement of Patton's 3rd Army.Hear first hand accounts of the battles as described by American veterans. Full color maps augmented with black and white action photography help detail the engagements at Le Mans, the Falaise Gap, the drive to the Seine, the clearing of the West Bank, the struggle for Metz and the grinding halt at the Seigfried Line. Patton's tank columns rumbled faster and further, sometimes up to 60 miles a day, than the Wehmact could react. His troops were so motivated by their Generals desire to crush Nazi Germany and enter Berlin that enemy forces withered under a relentless American pursuit.Ripley, Tim is the author of 'Patton Unleashed Patton's Third Army and the Breakout from Normandy, August-September, 1944' with ISBN 9780760314470 and ISBN 0760314470.