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US Army Handbook 1939-1945

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I quite enjoyed reading this publication; I found it to be informative and well thought out. But the text is very light on hard statistical data, relying more on broad generalisations through creative descriptions with little in the way of hard statistical data. If you are looking to read about the American army in World War II this is the book for you, but if your looking for a book with facts and figures such as notes on equipment, weapons, vehicles, etc - then this is not the book for you.

This book is a good start for learning about the U.S. Army from its fledgling operations at the start of World War II to its powerful position by 1945. I read one book years ago where the United States Army was the 18th in size as compared to other world armies in 1939. It was behind Turkey. By 1945, the war machine had liberated Europe and crushed the Japanese Empire. This book will familiarize one with the growth of the weapons, infantry and more for this expansive period of history.

I greatly enjoyed Forty's work on the Japanese and was quite disapointed with this one. It would appear that Forty merely re-worded the U.S. Army Technical Manual on the Japanese Army and did not have such a source for the US Army. Coverage is pretty good on weapons. Fair on organization. Laughable on tactics. He fails to point out the major flaws with the US effort...shipping- limited organization, faulty tank doctrine, failure to effeciently use the negro portion of the population. This book at least puts a lot of information in one volume, but is not as good as his work with more easily found source material.

This small book is basicly a good glance at the US army of WWII. Covers basic tables of organization and equipment as well as a basic look at equipment.

That's not much but that is all that is here.

This book is very nice and has a lot of information to ffer t its reader. I recommend this book to everyone who is intrested in the us army, and wants more information on the history and delvopment of this powerful army.