{"product_id":"armored-thunderbolt-9780811704243","title":"Armored Thunderbolt","description":"\u003cli\u003eHundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCompares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAuthor is a world-renowned expert on the Sherman tank and American armor \u003cbr\u003eSome tank crews referred to the American M4 Sherman tank as a \"death trap.\" Others, like Gen. George Patton, believed that the Sherman helped win World War II. So which was it: death trap or war winner? Armor expert Steven Zaloga answers that question by recounting the Sherman's combat history. Focusing on Northwest Europe (but also including a chapter on the Pacific), Zaloga follows the Sherman into action on D-Day, among the Normandy hedgerows, during Patton's race across France, in the great tank battle at Arracourt in September 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge, across the Rhine, and in the Ruhr pocket in 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Zaloga, an internationally recognized military historian, has written numerous books on the vehicles and campaigns of World War II, including \u003ci\u003eArmored Champion\u003c\/i\u003e (978-0-8117-1437-2), \u003ci\u003eArmored Thunderbolt\u003c\/i\u003e (978-0-8117-0424-3), \u003ci\u003eArmored Attack 1944\u003c\/i\u003e (978-0-8117-0769-5), \u003ci\u003eArmored Victory 1945\u003c\/i\u003e (978-0-8117-0771-8), and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e (978-0-8117-1228-6). He has appeared in programs on PBS and The Military Channel. He lives near Baltimore, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Stackpole Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648747962642,"sku":"9780811704243","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b1c88d32-c005-4f58-a9cc-826d577d29aa.jpg?v=1759833204","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/armored-thunderbolt-9780811704243","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}