The Ranger Force: Darby's Rangers in World War II

The Ranger Force: Darby's Rangers in World War II

by Robert W Black
The Ranger Force: Darby's Rangers in World War II

The Ranger Force: Darby's Rangers in World War II

by Robert W Black

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Overview

One of the most famous units of World War II and all of military history. First Americans to see active combat in the European theater. Expands on events described in Rick Atkinson's An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811743839
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 06/14/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 436
Sales rank: 413,426
File size: 21 MB
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About the Author

Col. Robert W. Black, a highly decorated Ranger veteran of Korea and Vietnam, is a member of the Ranger Hall of Fame. He lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Port Charlotte, Florida.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix

Chapter 1 Birth in War 1

Chapter 2 The Men 8

Chapter 3 Training 14

Chapter 4 Dieppe: Background and Plan 34

Chapter 5 Dieppe: The Battle 41

Chapter 6 Dundee 58

Chapter 7 Operation Torch: Background 64

Chapter 8 Operation Torch: Execution 69

Chapter 9 Algeria 78

Chapter 10 Sened Station 91

Chapter 11 El Guettar 101

Chapter 12 Birth of the Ranger Force 116

Chapter 13 Sicily: The Plan 120

Chapter 14 Assault on Gela 128

Chapter 15 Butera: The Eagle's Nest 146

Chapter 16 Sicily: The 3rd Ranger Battalion at Licata 153

Chapter 17 Sicily: Palermo to Messina 161

Chapter 18 Salerno 173

Chapter 19 The Winter Line: Venafro 201

Chapter 20 Anzio: Prelude 226

Chapter 21 Anzio: The Beachhead 235

Chapter 22 Anzio: Planning the Breakout 249

Chapter 23 Anzio: The Battle of Cisterna 256

Chapter 24 Resistance 275

Chapter 25 The 4th Fights On 283

Chapter 26 Escape 291

Epilogue 299

Appendix A Roster of Darby's Rangers in World War II 301

Appendix B Weapons Used by World War II Rangers 381

Appendix C Combat Lessons of William O. Darby 385

Appendix D Table of Organization and Equipment, Ranger Infantry Battalion 388

Appendix E Lineage, Campaigns, and Decorations of Darby's Rangers in World War II 397

Notes 398

Acknowledgments 406

Index 409

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