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Author Fontenot, Gregory, 1949- author.

Title No sacrifice too great : the 1st Infantry Division in World War II / Gregory Fontenot
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 571 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Series The American military experience series
American military experience series.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Sidewalks of New York -- Chapter Two. Preparing for War -- Chapter Three. Torch Lights the Way Back -- Chapter Four. Tunisia: The Wehrmacht as Tutors -- Chapter Five. Lessons Learned: The End in Tunisia -- Chapter Six. Husky: The Invasion of Sicily -- Chapter Seven. Troina: The End for Terry and Teddy -- Chapter Eight. Preparing for the Longest Day -- Chapter Nine. Omaha Beach and the Lodgment -- Photo Essay -- Chapter Ten. The Breakout and Pursuing "Le Sale Boche"
Chapter Eleven. Mons-Aachen -- Chapter Twelve. Wild Fire: The Forest Battles -- Chapter Thirteen. Streams, the Roer, and the Rhine -- Chapter Fourteen. The Race to the Finish Line -- Chapter Fifteen. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Tactical Symbols -- Appendix 2. 1st Infantry Division Organization Chart -- Appendix 3. Table of Ranks through Lieutenant Colonel -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary "No Sacrifice Too Great: the 1st Infantry Division in World War II" is the story of how a great Division learned to fight from the summer of 1940 through VE day. Formed on a small core of combat veterans from the Great War, the 1st Infantry Division grew from an understrength, peacetime formation to a highly trained and respected fighting organization. More importantly it sustained tactical excellence in the face of dynamic conditions as it crossed North Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium, Germany and into Czechoslovakia"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 24, 2023)
Subject United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st -- History
SUBJECT United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st. fast (OCoLC)fst00558401
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.
Military campaigns.
Europe.
North Africa.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022048758
ISBN 0826274897
9780826274892
Other Titles 1st Infantry Division in World War II
First Infantry Division in World War II