Steeds of Steel
A History of American Mechanized Cavalry in World War II
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesteedsofsteelhis00yeid
- ISBN-100760333602
- ISBN-139780760333600
- LibraryThing5299759
- Library of Congress Control Number2007039576
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number173480608
- Better World Books9780760333600
- Open LibraryOL10900831M
Classifications
- LCCD769.32 .Y45 2008
- LCCD769.32.Y45 2008
Description
When World War II broke out, the U.S. Cavalry was still mainly the horse-mounted force it had been since the nation's founding; within a year, the branch had lost its horses and very nearly its mission. This book follows the mechanized cavalry from its earliest days - in 1942 U.S. Army cavalrymen landed in North Africa - through the campaigns in the Mediterranean, Europe and the Pacific. The mechanized cavalry scouted and fought in tanks, armoured cars, and jeeps; battled on and from the sea in tracked amphibians; stormed beaches from landing craft; slipped ashore in rubber rafts from submarines; climbed mountains; battled hand-to-hand on foot like any GI; and even occasionally rode horses.
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