Variant title |
Thirtieth Division |
Portion of title |
Top-rated American infantry division in Europe in World War II |
Contents |
Maneuvers -- Overseas into France -- St. Lo -- Cobra -- Mortain -- The rat rrace -- Closing the Aachen Gap -- The Ardennes -- Crossing the Roer and the Rhine -- Pursuit and surrender -- Afterword. |
Abstract |
"The vividly detailed story of how the U.S. 30th Infantry Division--from the hill country of Tennessee and the Carolinas and nicknamed "Old Hickory" after Andrew Jackson--cemented its reputation as the best American infantry division of WW II with hard fighting in every major U.S. campaign in the European theater, from Normandy to Germany's surrender."--Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Issued in other form | Online version: Baumer, Robert W. Old Hickory, the 30th Division. Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017] 9780811765718 |
Genre/form | History. |
LCCN | 2017000916 |
ISBN | 9780811716253 hardcover |
ISBN | 0811716252 hardcover |