Activated in 1941, the 4th Armored Division entered combat on July 17, 1944, with General George Patton's Third Army. From the breakout of the Normandy bridgehead through the Ardennes campaign, the division became one of Patton's elite units. Following the Battle of the Bulge, the 4th Armored struck east, pursuing the enemy over the Mosel, Rhine, Werra and Saale Rivers, ending the war in Czechoslovakia.

Part of the "Spearhead" series of books, this informative and detailed volume includes a brief history of the 4th Armored, plus material about its theatre of operations and its specific combat situations. Filling the book with. with maps, photos, unit markings, and diagrams, George Forty covers every aspect of the division's role in the war from training and strategic planning to engineering and technical information about the unit's equipment.

History buffs interested in World War II will definitely wish to add this "nuts and bolts" volume on the 4th Armored Division to their libraries.