Patton's first victory : how General George Patton turned the tide in North Africa and defeated the Afrika Korps at El Guettar / Leo Barron.

Author/creator Barron, Leo author.
Format Book
PublicationGuilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2018]
Descriptionxxxviii, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945--Military leadership.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. --Tunisia.

Portion of title How General George Patton turned the tide in North Africa and defeated the Afrika Korps at El Guettar
Contents Preface: Purple Heart boxes versus panzers -- Introduction: the opponents -- Prelude -- Night attack -- Morning attack -- Afternoon attack -- Spoiling attack -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Barron, Leo. Patton's first victory. Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017] 9780811766074
LCCN 2017010958
ISBN9780811718325 (hardback)
ISBN0811718328