Ebook: The Ranger Force, The: Darby's Rangers in World War II
Author: Black Robert W. Col
- Tags: Darby William Orlando
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Stackpole Books
- City: Mechanicsburg
- Language: English
- epub
In this gripping companion to his acclaimed The Battalion (978-0-8117-0184-6), which told the story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II, Robert W. Black turns his attention to the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions, otherwise known as Darby's Rangers. These elite soldiers accompanied British commandos on the failed Dieppe Raid in August 1942, participated in Operation Torch in North Africa three months later, battled across Sicily the following summer, and ended the war in Italy, where they landed at Salerno in September 1943 and Anzio in January 1944 and were decimated at the Battle.;Cover -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 Birth in War -- Chapter 2 The Men -- Chapter 3 Training -- Chapter 4 Dieppe: Background and Plan -- Chapter 5 Dieppe: The Battle -- Chapter 6 Dundee -- Chapter 7 Operation Torch: Background -- Chapter 8 Operation Torch: Execution -- Chapter 9 Algeria -- Chapter 10 Sened Station -- Chapter 11 El Guettar -- Chapter 12 Birth of the Ranger Force -- Chapter 13 Sicily: The Plan -- Chapter 14 Assault on Gela -- Chapter 15 Butera: The Eagle's Nest -- Chapter 16 Sicily: The 3rd Ranger Battalion at Licata -- Chapter 17 Sicily: Palermo to Messina -- Chapter 18 Salerno -- Chapter 19 The Winter Line: Venafro -- Chapter 20 Anzio: Prelude -- Chapter 21 Anzio: The Beachhead -- Chapter 22 Anzio: Planning the Breakout -- Chapter 23 Anzio: The Battle of Cisterna -- Chapter 24 Resistance -- Chapter 25 The 4th Fights On -- Chapter 26 Escape -- Index -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Roster of Darby's Rangers in World War II -- Appendix B: Weapons Used by World War II Rangers -- Appendix C: Combat Lessons of William O. Darby -- Appendix D: Table of Organization and Equipment, Ranger Infantry Battalion -- Appendix E: Lineage, Campaigns, and Decorations of Darby's Rangers in World War II -- Notes -- Acknowledgments.
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