US Tank Tactics in World War II

Fully illustrated, this book examines the evolving armored vehicle tactics used by US forces during World War II.

US tank tactics were governed, in practice, by the terrain and the enemy as much as the quality of equipment, so they developed markedly between November 1942 and May 1945. When the United States entered the ground war against Germany and Italy in North Africa in November 1942, both a proportion of its armored equipment, and the doctrine on how to use it in battle, were immature,...