One of the most famous units of World War II and all of military history. First Americans to see active combat in the European theater. Expands on events described in Rick Atkinson's An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle .
Front Matter 2
Copyright 4
Contents 7
Prologue 10
Chapter 1 Birth in War 12
Chapter 2 The Men 19
Chapter 3 Training 25
Chapter 4 Dieppe: Background and Plan 46
Chapter 5 Dieppe: The Battle 54
Chapter 6 Dundee 72
Chapter 7 Operation Torch: Background 79
Chapter 8 Operation Torch: Execution 84
Chapter 9 Algeria 94
Chapter 10 Sened Station 108
Chapter 11 El Guettar 118
Chapter 12 Birth of the Ranger Force 134
Chapter 13 Sicily: The Plan 138
Chapter 14 Assault on Gela 146
Chapter 15 Butera: The Eagle’s Nest 165
Chapter 16 Sicily: The 3rd Ranger Battalion at Licata 173
Chapter 17 Sicily: Palermo to Messina 181
Chapter 18 Salerno 193
Chapter 19 The Winter Line: Venafro 221
Chapter 20 Anzio: Prelude 247
Chapter 21 Anzio: The Beachhead 256
Chapter 22 Anzio: Planning the Breakout 271
Chapter 23 Anzio: The Battle of Cisterna 278
Chapter 24 Resistance 299
Chapter 25 The 4th Fights On 307
Chapter 26 Escape 315
Epilogue 323
Appendix A: Roster of Darby’s Rangers in World War II 325
Appendix B: Weapons Used by World War II Rangers 406
Appendix C: Combat Lessons of William O. Darby 410
Appendix D: Table of Organization and Equipment, Ranger Infantry Battalion 413
Appendix E: Lineage, Campaigns, and Decorations of Darby’s Rangers in World War II 422
Notes 424
Acknowledgments 437
Index 440
Back Cover 461
Discover more 462

Ranger Force, The : Darby's Rangers in World War II

Black, Col. Robert W

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc

United States, United States of America

Mechanicsburg, PA, 2009

Illustrated, 2009

2023

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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 of Cisterna

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