Forging the Thunderbolt: History of the US Army’s Armored Forces, 1917-45

This is a military history classic of the rise of America’s armoured forces from their humble beginnings in borrowed tanks on the battlefields of France in World War I to a thundering crescendo of tactical prowess and lethal power as they spearheaded the liberation of Western Europe in World War II. It is a brilliant, straightforward study of the men and machines that brought fame to the likes of Generals Patton, Pershing, and Chaffee and the Sherman, Grant and Lee tank. It features a detailed look at the career of Gen. Adna Romanza Chaffee, the ‘Father of the Armoured Force’ and a photo insert of the men and machines that made the American Armoured Corps a legend.