- 436 pages
- English
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About this book
One of the most famous units of World War II and all of military history. First Americans to see active combat in the European theater. Expands on events described in Rick Atkinson's
An Army at Dawn and
The Day of Battle.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Birth in War
- Chapter 2 The Men
- Chapter 3 Training
- Chapter 4 Dieppe: Background and Plan
- Chapter 5 Dieppe: The Battle
- Chapter 6 Dundee
- Chapter 7 Operation Torch: Background
- Chapter 8 Operation Torch: Execution
- Chapter 9 Algeria
- Chapter 10 Sened Station
- Chapter 11 El Guettar
- Chapter 12 Birth of the Ranger Force
- Chapter 13 Sicily: The Plan
- Chapter 14 Assault on Gela
- Chapter 15 Butera: The Eagle’s Nest
- Chapter 16 Sicily: The 3rd Ranger Battalion at Licata
- Chapter 17 Sicily: Palermo to Messina
- Chapter 18 Salerno
- Chapter 19 The Winter Line: Venafro
- Chapter 20 Anzio: Prelude
- Chapter 21 Anzio: The Beachhead
- Chapter 22 Anzio: Planning the Breakout
- Chapter 23 Anzio: The Battle of Cisterna
- Chapter 24 Resistance
- Chapter 25 The 4th Fights On
- Chapter 26 Escape
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: Roster of Darby’s Rangers in World War II
- Appendix B: Weapons Used by World War II Rangers
- Appendix C: Combat Lessons of William O. Darby
- Appendix D: Table of Organization and Equipment, Ranger Infantry Battalion
- Appendix E: Lineage, Campaigns, and Decorations of Darby’s Rangers in World War II
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Back Cover