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The liberators of Pilsen : the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia
- Title
- The liberators of Pilsen : the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia / Bryan J. Dickerson.
- Author
- Dickerson, Bryan J.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- x, 223 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.S. armored division to be activated in World War II, the last deployed to the European Theater and last to see combat. In its first and only combat operation, the 16th liberated the city of Pilsen, forever endearing itself to the Czech people"--
- Subjects
- United States
- United States > Army > Armored Division, 16th
- United States > Army > Armored Division, 16th > History
- World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > United States
- World War (1939-1945)
- Regimental histories
- Plzeň (Czech Republic) > History, Military
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Czech Republic > Plzeň
- Czech Republic > Plzeň
- Military history
- 1914-1945
- Military campaigns
- History
- World War (1914-1918)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Forming the 16th Armored Division -- Training for war -- Czechoslovakia's long years of Nazi occupation -- Summer and fall of 1944 -- Deployed to Europe -- First battle for the 23rd Cavalry Squadron -- The first days of May 1945 -- Day of Decision -- Pilsen and Prague on the eve of liberation -- The liberation of Pilsen -- The liberation of Pilsen, part 2 -- Ike ordered halt! -- The end of the war in Europe -- The Pratt Mission -- V-E Day and occupation duties -- The 16th Armored Division shuffle -- Returning home and deactivation -- The postwar lives of the 16th veterans -- The legacy of the 16th Armored Division.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2611
- ISBN
- 9781476671147
- 1476671141
- LCCN
- 2017052251
- OCLC
- 1010620516
- Author
- Dickerson, Bryan J., author.
- Title
- The liberators of Pilsen : the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia / Bryan J. Dickerson.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1914-1945
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2611