Author: Cooper, Belton Y.
Title: Death traps: the survival of an American armored division in World War II
Published: New York: Ballantine Books, 2003
Description: xxiv, 355 p. :ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number: D793 C66 2003
Note(s): Originally published by Random House, 1998. Foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose
Summary: The survival of an American armored division in World War II is told from the point of view of an American junior officer, a member of the famous 3rd Armored Division assigned to keep the tanks in Nazi-occupied Europe on the front lines
Subject(s):
- Cooper, Belton Y.
- United States. Army--Ordnance and ordnance stores
- United States. Army--Biography
- World War, 1939-1945--Tank warfare
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
- Sherman tank
- Soldiers--United States--Biography
Review(s):
- Pounder, Gary. "Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II (Book Review)." Aerospace Power Journal 15, no. 2 (Summer2001 2001): 112
- Burnham, Robert. "Adult Books for Young Adults: Nonfiction." School Library Journal 45, no. 4 (April 1999): 162
- "Forecasts: Nonfiction." Publishers Weekly 245, no. 37 (September 14, 1998): 59
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