Description: Author is Siinto Wessman Reprinted in 2001 175 pages. 270 photos/drawings. 3 maps. Trim Size: 8 1/2" by 11" hardcover ISBN: 012-5 Summary:A reprint of the history of the US 66th Infantry division in WW 2, known as the Panther division. The three regiments of the 66th Infantry Division arrived in England, 26 November 1944, and the remainder of the Division, 12 December 1944, training until 24 December 1944 when the Division crossed the English Channel to Cherbourg. A German torpedo ripped into the transport as it was crossing the Channel, and 14 officers and 748 enlisted men were lost. Attached to the 12th Army Group and designated the 12th Army Group Coastal Sector, with operational control of all French forces in the area, the 66th relieved the 94th Division in the BrittanyLoire area, 29 December 1944. Its mission of containing the enemy in the St. Nazaire and Lorient pockets was carried out by daily reconnaissance patrols, limited objective attacks, and the maintenance of harassing and interdictory fires on enemy installations. A heavy German attack near La Croix was repulsed, 16 April 1945, and several strongly emplaced enemy positions were taken, 19-29 April 1945. Enemy troops in the Lorient and St. Nazaire pockets surrendered to the Division upon the end of hostilities in Europe, 8 May 1945. The 66th moved to Germany on occupation duty, in the Koblenz subarea, 20 May 1945, and left for Marseille, 26 May 1945. It sailed for home 27 October 1945. First published by Army and Navy Publishing Company in 1946.
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Subject: History
Topic: WWII (1939-45)
Publication Year: 20010000
3rd Level Category: Army
Sub-Category: US Armed Forces
Category: Military & War
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
