The Ranger Force by Robert W Black

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In this action-packed account, Robert W. Black draws on decades of original research to reconstruct the bloody combat history of Darby’s Rangers while also capturing the colorful personalities that gave the Ranger Force its fighting spirit: gritty, battle-hardened, and uniquely American. This is a rousing story of men at war.

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The Ranger Force by Robert W Black

In this gripping companion to his acclaimed The Battalion, which told the story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II, Robert W. Black turns his attention to the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions, otherwise known as Darby's Rangers. These elite soldiers accompanied British commandos on the failed Dieppe Raid in August 1942, participated in Operation Torch in North Africa three months later, battled across Sicily the following summer, and ended the war in Italy, where they landed at Salerno in September 1943 and Anzio in January 1944 and were decimated at the Battle of Cisterna.
A fine, comprehensive history of one of the US. Army’s most storied units. Black has done justice to William O. Darby and his Rangers. -- Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Liberation Trilogy
Black is the dean of Ranger history. -- Douglas Brinkley, bestselling author
Col. Robert W. Black, a highly decorated Ranger veteran of Korea and Vietnam, is a member of the Ranger Hall of Fame and is recognized as the foremost historian of the Ranger experience. Bestselling author Douglas Brinkley has called Black “the dean of Ranger history.” His other books include Rangers in World War II, Rangers in Korea, A Ranger Born, and The Battalion. He lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Port Charlotte, Florida.
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ISBN 13 9780811738460
ISBN 10 0811738469
Title The Ranger Force
Author Robert W Black
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Stackpole Books
Year published 2019-08-01
Number of pages 432
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.