Work Horse Of The Western Front
Subtitle: The Story Of The 30th Infantry Division
By: by Robert L. Hewitt.
Edition: "First edition, August 1946."
Publisher: Infantry journal press
Published: 1946
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: United States. Army. 30th Infantry.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: INTRODUCTION by Major General Leland S. Hobbs vii; title: PREFACE by the Author ix; title: Part One: THE BEGINNINGS; title: Chapter I. The Old 30th 1; title: Chapter II. The New 30th 5; title: Part Two: THE BATTLE OF FRANCE; title: Chapter III. First Action 15; title: Chapter IV. Vire Crossing 25; title: Chapter V. Making the St. Lo Breakthrough 34; title: Chapter VI. The Battle of Mortain 48; title: Chapter VII. The Race to Belgium 78; title: Chapter VIII. To the German Border 93; title: Part Three: GERMANY: THE OPENING WEDGE; title: Chapter IX. Siegfried Breakthrough 103; title: Chapter X. The Batde of the Aachen Gap 126; title: Chapter XI. The Perfect Infantry Attack 144; title: Chapter XII. Sitzkrieg 165; title: Part Four: THE BATTLE OF THE ARDENNES; title: Chapter XIII. Defeat of the 1st SS 171; title: Chapter XIV. St. Vith Counteroffensive 193; title: Part Five: THE BATTLE OF GERMANY; title: Chapter XV. Roer Offensive 211; title: Chapter XIV. Rhine Crossing 234; title: Chapter XVII. Pursuit to the Elbe 253; title: APPENDICES; title: 1. After VE-Day 270; title: 2. Notes on Organization 272; title: 3. Units Cited in War Department Orders 282; title: 4. Individual Award Winners 283; title: 5. German Prisoners Taken 332; title: 6. Killed in Action and Missing in Action 333; title: HOW IT LOOKED 357; title: All photographs in this section, unless specifically credited to other organizations, were taken by official Signal Corps photographers.; title: MAPS; title: Normandy 9; title: From the Vire-et-Taute Canal to Hebecrevon 18; title: The Attack to Tessy-sur-Vire 42; title: The Battle of Mortain 52-53; title: Evreux and Vicinity 80; title: The Route to Belgium 87; title: The Borderland Near Maastricht 92; title: Siegfried Line Breakthrough 109; title: The Attack to the Roer: Second Phase 152; title: The Ardennes: Malmedy to Stoumont 180-181; title: The Ardennes: Malmedy to St. Vith 197; title: Roer River Assault Area 217; title: Roer Assault: Second Phase 226; title: Rhine River Assault Area 236; title: From the Teutoberger Wald to Hamelin 254; title: Brunswick and Vicinity 260; title: DIAGRAMS; title: Organization of the 30th Infantry Division 276-277; title: 30th Infantry Division in a Schematic Combat Team Formation 279