Order of Battle is a detailed study of the Allied ground combat units that served in Operation Desert Storm. It lists the U.s. Army, Marine Corps, British, French and Arab units that served and depicts the command relationships between the units before and during Operation Desert Storm. Also identifies the major types of materiel used by the various units and compares the Army and Marine Corps forces deployed to the Gulf. Includes reproductions of unit patches, medals and ribbons from all states and countries involved.
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Thomas D. Dinackus served in the U.S. Army for four years after earning a B.A. in history from Dickinson College. He served in the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Bliss, Texas. Today, he is a trial attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
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Comprehensive, definitive, authoritative, fascinating.,
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This review is from: Order of Battle: Allied Ground Forces of Operation Desert Storm (Paperback)
Order Of Battle is a complete and definitive study of the allied unit operations and involvement in Operation Desert Storm. Thomas Dinackus offers a comprehensive listing of all the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, British, French, and Arab/Islamic units that served in the Gulf and depicts the command structure between the nits before and during the Persian Gulf War. Order Of Battle also identifies the organization and major types of equipment employed by the units serving in the Gulf. Throughout Order Of Battle are vivid snapshots of the operation including the first shots fired in Operation Desert Storm by an Apache attack helicopter unit and the first Patriot missile unit to engage an Iraqi Scud. Color plates of unit patches, plus other fascinating elements from the conflict are showcased, along with a unique comparison of Operation Desert Storm to the conflicts in Vietnam and Korea. Order Of Battle is an essential reference for military buffs, insignia collectors, war gamers, and students of ground combat in modern warfare.
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Very useful reference book,
By Steven J. Zaloga (Stamford, CT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Order of Battle: Allied Ground Forces of Operation Desert Storm (Paperback)
Tom Dinakus'Desert Storm book is an extremely handy volume for anyone interested in modern armies. It is particularly valuable for anyone reading other accounts of the Desert Storm campaign, as it provides a more comprehensive explanation of the forces deployed during the war than is available in most other books on the subject. Even if you're not interested in Desert Storm, it provides a very useful guide to the composition of the US Army at the height of its powers in the days immediately after the end of the Cold War.
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An accurate order of battle is a necessity for understanding any military situation. Whether writing a book, designing a wargame, or preparing a briefing for decision-makers - I've had many opportunities to do all three - I found that order of battle separates facts from rumor or opinion. I have also found that too often, military history books do not provide adequate orders of battle or that they provide only a single "snapshot" of a complex process. This book is an accurate, thorough description of the complex organizations of land combat that won the Gulf War. It covers the US military and the broad spectrum of allied forces, with notes as to equipment, operational role, and dates of arrival and departure in-theater. Invaluable for any future historian or for the veteran who wants to be able to point out their outfit and show their part in the victory. Those who have read other accounts of the Gulf War (such as those published by the GPO as well as the wide range of memoir literature) will find this a useful supplement. Those who have found Shelby Stanton's US order of battle volumes on World War II and Vietnam useful will find this more so due to the inclusion of allied forces and greater context. And the hard-core OB specialists will need to have this on the shelf near their copies of Joslin and Tessin.
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At 1430 hours on February 24, 1991, the VII Corps - the most powerful armored corps in history - initiated its attack and headed north into the featureless wastes of the Iraqi desert. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
heavy division cavalry squadrons, artillery firing units, novelty patch, campaign participation credit, air defense artillery units, field artillery force, service streamers, heavy maneuver battalions, air defense artillery brigade, antiarmor company, three maneuver brigades, three mechanized infantry battalions, attack helicopter units, three firing batteries, three active duty, stinger teams, combat arms units, six tank battalions, two firing batteries, air defense artillery battalions, reserve component units, attack helicopter battalions, operational readiness rate, three tank companies, ground combat units Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Desert Storm, Mar Div, Marine Corps, Inf Div, Armd Div, Air Aslt, Abn Div, Abn Corps, Saudi Arabia, Desert Shield, Evac Hosp, Inf Bde, Cav Div, Avn Bde, Airborne Corps, Aslt Amphib, Third Army, United States, Active Army, Armd Cav Regt, National Guard, Cavalry Division, Gulf War, Mech Inf, Republican Guard New!
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At 1430 hours on February 24, 1991, the VII Corps - the most powerful armored corps in history - initiated its attack and headed north into the featureless wastes of the Iraqi desert. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
heavy division cavalry squadrons, artillery firing units, novelty patch, campaign participation credit, air defense artillery units, field artillery force, service streamers, heavy maneuver battalions, air defense artillery brigade, antiarmor company, three maneuver brigades, three mechanized infantry battalions, attack helicopter units, three firing batteries, three active duty, stinger teams, combat arms units, six tank battalions, two firing batteries, air defense artillery battalions, reserve component units, attack helicopter battalions, operational readiness rate, three tank companies, ground combat units Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Desert Storm, Mar Div, Marine Corps, Inf Div, Armd Div, Air Aslt, Abn Div, Abn Corps, Saudi Arabia, Desert Shield, Evac Hosp, Inf Bde, Cav Div, Avn Bde, Airborne Corps, Aslt Amphib, Third Army, United States, Active Army, Armd Cav Regt, National Guard, Cavalry Division, Gulf War, Mech Inf, Republican Guard New!
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- Certain Victory: The United States Army in the Gulf War by Robert H. Scales Jr. in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Whirlwind War (Paperback): The United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (Center of Military History Publication) by Frank N. Schubert in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- With marine forces afloat in Desert Shield and Desert Storm (U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991) by Ronald J Brown on page 155, and Back Matter
- In the Eye of the Storm: Pack of 18 by Patrick Cordingley in Back Matter
- Final report (CCS occasional paper ; no. 6) by Speyside Project in Front Matter
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- Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford in Back Matter
- Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford on page 366
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