Red Bull: a History of the 34rd Infantry Division in World War II: Volume 1: from Mobilization to Victory...

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Robert Noel Stokes Jr.

Red Bull

a History of the 34rd Infantry Division in World War II: Volume 1: from Mobilization to Victory...

Robert Noel Stokes Jr.

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Casemate Publishers
01 March 2022

Second World War; Regiments

"The story of the US Army National Guard's 34th ""Red Bull"" Infantry Division from mobilisation through to their bitter but victorious fight at Hill 609 in Tunisia.

The US Army National Guard's 34th 'Red Bull' Infantry Division was mobilised gainst the complex backdrop of the United States' lack of readiness for modern war before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After training, the 34th ID would be deployed in early 1942 to the United Kingdom as the first US division sent overseas, before participating in Operation TORCH and the capture of Algiers. Shocking engagements with Axis forces led to early traumatic defeats in Tunisia, battles that ultimately transformed the division's men into the killer soldiers they needed to become. Their mettle would be tested when they won the the bitter fight at Hill 609, where the Red Bull broke the Axis defensive line in Tunisia, resulting in the destruction of two Axis armies and the Allied conquest of the North African shore.

For the first time, almost 80 years after Nazi forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies, the complete story of the US Army National Guard's 34th ""Red Bull"" Infantry Division during WWII is finally told. The Division comes to life through a narrative based on original papers, declassified documents, and personal accounts of the soldiers themselves as they changed from green troops to veteran destroyers of the Third Reich. With constant focus on what happened to the men on the battle line, this book vividly sets forth major battles and little-known events of the Red Bull's brutal introduction to war and its heroic metamorphosis into an effective combat organisation, within the context of Allied strategy and leadership.

AUTHOR: Robert Noel Stokes, Jr. is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and of the University of Maryland School of Law. Both his parents, Robert Noel Stokes, Sr. and Elva Catherine George Stokes, were US Army officers in WWII; his father served as a Red Bull soldier. His formative years were spent on Army bases, including Fort Kobbe in the former US Canal Zone in Panama, where he gained an appreciation for Army infantry weapons and began studying the tactics and devices of war from WWII War Department Intelligence Bulletins."

By: Robert Noel Stokes Jr.
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781636240466
ISBN 10: 1636240461
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 01 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Robert Noel Stokes, Jr. is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and of the University of Maryland School of Law. Both his parents, Robert Noel Stokes, Sr. and Elva Catherine George Stokes, were US Army officers in WWII; his father served as a Red Bull soldier. His formative years were spent on Army bases, including Fort Kobbe in the former US Canal Zone in Panama, where he gained an appreciation for Army infantry weapons and began studying the tactics and devices of war from WWII War Department Intelligence Bulletins.

Reviews for Red Bull: a History of the 34rd Infantry Division in World War II: Volume 1: from Mobilization to Victory in Tunisia

...instead of pilfering from other books about Torch and Tunisia, Stokes dug deeply into archival resources. His plentiful endnotes constantly cite wartime orders and reports and other official documents as well as correspondence, diaries, and assorted personal papers....Quite a good book, and highly recommended. -- Stone & Stone Second World War Books