{"product_id":"patton-versus-the-panzers-the-battle-of-arracourt-september-1944-paperback","title":"Patton Versus the Panzers: The Battle of Arracourt, September 1944 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Zaloga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral George S. Patton is the U.S. Army's most famous tank commander, yet his tanks seldom fought large-scale battles against German tanks during World War II. His first large armor-on-armor battle--indeed the U.S. Army's largest such battle before the Battle of the Bulge--took place in the French province of Lorraine in September 1944. Based on newly discovered American and German records and heavily illustrated with maps and photographs, \u003ci\u003ePatton versus the Panzers \u003c\/i\u003ereconstructs this little-known but important clash of armor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In September 1944, after the summer campaign in Normandy and the liberation of Paris, Patton's U.S. Third Army spearheaded the Allied drive eastward, deep into France. By the third week of September, Patton was in the contested province of Lorraine, about fifty miles from the Rhine River and, beyond it, Germany's industrial heartland. Meanwhile, another Allied force was approaching from the south, having landed on France's Mediterranean coast and now threatening to combine with Patton's army in a pincer to trap the last large German formation left in France. The situation was dire for the Third Reich, and Hitler decided to attack Patton, aiming to bottle up and destroy his army before the southern force arrived. Legendary panzer general Hasso von Manteuffel, tasked with leading the armor-heavy operation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the course of a week, hundreds of German and American tanks clashed near the town of Arracourt. The battle went badly for the Germans, whose local commanders committed their tanks piecemeal, thus squandering their resources and weakening Manteuffel's offensive--which was shattered in a series of intense, close-range tank duels with U.S. forces led capably, at times brilliantly, by division commander John \"Tiger Jack\" Wood (also known as America's Rommel), thirty-year-old battalion commander Creighton Abrams, and other skilled tankers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acclaimed armor expert Steven Zaloga explores this battle in unprecedented detail and explains how and why American tanks and tank commanders defeated the vaunted German panzer force.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Zaloga\u003c\/b\u003e, an internationally recognized military historian, has written numerous books on the campaigns and vehicles of World War II, including Armored Thunderbolt, Armored Attack 1944, Armored Victory 1945, The Devil's Garden, and Armored Champion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637555196211,"sku":"9780811777490","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dp9cF14aJS9780811777490.webp?v=1781982390","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/patton-versus-the-panzers-the-battle-of-arracourt-september-1944-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}