Links
Sherman Tanks
1) Inside the Sherman (“Battle Stations: Sherman Assault,” War History documentary, 44 min.); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=calKsejQkoc; min. 7–13: inside the tank, crew life
2) Sherman radial engine coughs to life, tank drives on beach (3 min); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A4SJ5XTPMg
3) Driving a Sherman around for a crowd, shooting 75mm gun (9.5 min.); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHH3WM_8F0g
4) Thorough guided tour of a Sherman M4A3(75mm) in Carlysle, PA (37.4 min.) Firing sequence, 3:00 to 5:00; Pan of turret, 9:17 to 9:22;Radio sets 33:40 to 35:10; https://www.c-span.org/video/?467996-1/world-war-ii-m4-sherman-tank
5) Wonderful guided tour inside Sherman M4A3E8 in Canada (Part 2). How to fire the gun, how to drive (13.5 min.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwfoRu9kfoA
6) Part 1 of guided tour of Sherman M4A3E8 in Canada. Loading cannon and maintaining tank (13.5 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_W9iGRkPdk
7) Cold start of the Sherman. Cranking manually from rear then starter button, smoky, sputtering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RufmnikyC8
General Patton
1) The Patton Myth; http://professorbuzzkill.com/general-george-patton-myth
2) Speech June 9, 1945, from the LA Colliseum; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSySTnGS1M4
3) Patton 1970 movie, speech to troops,George C. Scott; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYhHIe_UELM
Recommended Books
1) Leo Barron, author, Patton at the Battle of the Bulge; http://www.leobarron.com
2) Don Fox, author, Patton’s Vanguard, the US 4th Armored Division;
https://www.amazon.com/Pattons-Vanguard-United-Armored-Division/dp/078643094X
3) Domes, P., and Heinlein, M., (Alarm! Die Panzerspitze Kommt!!!)—soon to be available in English (Task Force Baum: Behind Enemy Lines!); http://www.taskforcebaum.de
4) Tons of free official US Government, CMH books, and maps on war in Europe & Pacific;
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA
5) Viet Nam War. A buddy of mine, Krebsbach, Fred. Okay Okay; https://www.amazon.com/Okay-Fred-Krebsbach/dp/0989671011
Recommended Websites
1) Hard to find information on the Third Army. After action report: Third US Army, 1 August 1944–9 May 1945. Vol I, the operations;
http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll8/id/2212
2) Complete free copy of XII Corps WWII Spearhead to Victory; www.90thdivisionassoc.org/afteractionreports/pdf/xiicorpshist.pdf
3) Unit histories in WWII (every country);
http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../units_index/units.asp
4) Peter Domes and Martin Heinlein; http://www.taskforcebaum.de
5) National WWII Museum, New Orleans; http://www.nationalww2museum.org
6) 9th Infantry Division; https://9thinfantrydivision.net
7) WWII history home page; http://www.worldwar2history.info
8) History, strategy, leadership, games; http://www.armchairgeneral.com
9) Schevenhuette history, geneology; http://www.schevenhuette.com
10) My colleague, Jerome Leclerc’s Memorial to Lorraine, France, 1939-1945 (in French but can translate); http://espacedememoire.fr
11) Interesting website with links upon links (Thanks Maddie and Lucas); https://www.titlemax.com/articles/cars-tanks-airplanes-of-wwii/
Very good tank movies
1) Excellent tank drama called “The Beast” (1988) about the Russian/Afghanistan war, giving equal sympathy to both sides, including the unhinged Russian T-55 tank commander. Highly recommended by a real-life Desert Storm era tanker and good friend, Col. Mark Wiens, I left it off my Best Tank Movie list simply because there is no tank-tank battles with which to measure the tank capabilities. Available on Amazon Prime Video and possibly YouTube.
2) A very good Russian tank movie called “The White Tiger” (2012)
This story is kind of fantasy, surreal, a bit of Moby Dick, but technically very good on tank warfare (1:44:05);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiGDJ5-dXaI
Recommended Military Magazines
1) After the Battle (ATB); https://www.afterthebattle.com
2) WWII history magazine; http://www.historynet.com/worldwar2
3) WWII history magazine; http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/magazine/wwii-history-magazine
4) ATB magazines, books, DVDs, online; http://www.rzm.com/main/main.cfm