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For Want of A Gun: The Sherman Tank Scandal of WWII (Hardcover)
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For Want of A Gun: The Sherman Tank Scandal of WWII (Hardcover)
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This remarkable story exposes the Sherman tank scandal of World War
II, involving some of the biggest American names and stretching
from the White House and Pentagon to factories and battlefronts.
Outgunned by more powerful German opponents, the inferiority of
American tanks led to some of the worst setbacks of the war,
prolonging it in Europe. US tankers ultimately prevailed, but over
60,000 armored division soldiers were killed and wounded; their
preventable sacrifice inspired the Hollywood movie Fury. Included
are striking images of the Sherman's adversaries (photographed
exclusively at the National Museum of Cavalry and Armor), along
with original equipment, documents, period propaganda, and vintage
photos of Sherman tanks in action. As a German officer noted, "I
was on this hill with six 88mm antitank guns...Every time they sent
a tank, we knocked it out. Finally we ran out of ammunition, and
the Americans didn't run out of tanks."
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