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Author: Matt C. Bischoff Publisher: Statistical Research ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 172
Book Description
With the German Afrika Korps driving across the North African desert with impunity in 1941 and 1942, the U.S. Army realized that it might be called upon to assist its British ally in the fight against the Germans and Italians. Egypt, along with the strategic Suez Canal and the Middle East in general, was in danger of being lost to the Axis powers. It became imperative that the Axis be expelled from North Africa. The U.S. Army, however, had never fought a large-scale war in a desert environment. As a result, the Army Ground Forces designated more than 18,000 square miles of the Arizona and California desert as an armored training facility. Maj. Gen. George S. Patton. Jr., was placed in charge of establishing this facility and served as its first commanding officer. The facility would thereafter reflect his tough image and relentless training doctrines.
Author: Matt C. Bischoff Publisher: Statistical Research ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 172
Book Description
With the German Afrika Korps driving across the North African desert with impunity in 1941 and 1942, the U.S. Army realized that it might be called upon to assist its British ally in the fight against the Germans and Italians. Egypt, along with the strategic Suez Canal and the Middle East in general, was in danger of being lost to the Axis powers. It became imperative that the Axis be expelled from North Africa. The U.S. Army, however, had never fought a large-scale war in a desert environment. As a result, the Army Ground Forces designated more than 18,000 square miles of the Arizona and California desert as an armored training facility. Maj. Gen. George S. Patton. Jr., was placed in charge of establishing this facility and served as its first commanding officer. The facility would thereafter reflect his tough image and relentless training doctrines.
Author: Matt Bischoff Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1365054527 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
Once it became clear that the U.S. Army would be fighting the Axis powers in the deserts of North Africa -- a suitable place to train was needed. Assigned the task of finding and developing such a place, General George S. Patton, Jr. found it in southeastern California. The Desert Training Center as the facility became known proved its mettle in combat overseas. Amazingly, much remains today of this massive training grounds. This book describes in detail the historic context for the DTC, and explains the value that it played in the war. Also provided are detailed descriptions of the sites, features, and artifacts left behind by the troops that trained there over 70 years ago.
Author: Matt C. Bischoff Publisher: ISBN: 9781879442955 Category : Archaeology and history Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Prepare a historic context and management summary for the World War II-era Desert Training Center/California-Arizona Maneuver Area resources in southwestern Arizona. Provide preliminary archaeological assessment of classes of extant resources.
Author: Brandon Smith Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 111
Book Description
Could you survive combat in a desert? In 1941, few Americans could. In "World War II: General George Patton's Desert Training Center," young readers ages 8-12 will discover how in the months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, over a million Americans were quickly needed to fight Hitler's tank battalions in the sands of North Africa. Learn how General George S. Patton pieced together the largest military complex in US history, the Desert Training Center in the American Southwest. Too, understand how soldiers and personnel adapted to some of the harshest and most unforgiving terrain in the world in order to protect free men and women everywhere from Axis control. The story of the DTC is one of the least known, but most epic of World War II. Read and become a part of it!
Author: Matt C. Bischoff
Author: Matt C. Bischoff
Author: Matt Bischoff
Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management. California Desert District
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Author: Matt C. Bischoff
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Author: Sidney L. Meller
Author: United States. Office of Community War Services. Division of Recreation
Author: Brandon Smith