FORGING THE THUNDERBOLT

The history of the US Army's armoured forces, 1917-1945. This is a military history classic on the rise of America's armoured forces, from their humble beginnings in borrowed tanks on the battlefields of France in the First World War to a thundering crescendo of tactical prowess and lethal power as they spearheaded the liberation of Western Europe in World War II. A brilliant, straightforward study of the men and machines that brought fame to the likes of Generals Patton, Pershing and Chaffee, and the Sherman, Grant and Lee tanks. * Features a detailed look at the career of General Adna Romanza Chaffee, the "Father of the Armoured Force" * Careful study of the battles fought during and between the wars for the armoured forces' very survival * Photographs of the men and machines that made the American Armoured Corps a legend