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The Road to Falaise
War As My Fathers Tank Battalion Knew It
English - February 16, 2020 01:14 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsHistory Arts tanks armor generalpatton worldwarii Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The independent 712th Tank Battalion spent 311 days in combat from Normandy to Czechoslovakia, and earned a reputation as the "armored fist" of the 90th Infantry Division. This episode of War As My Father's Tank Battalion Knew It follows Lieutenant Jim Gifford of C Company from his arrival as a replacement in Normandy to the Falaise Gap on August 18-19, 1944. Warning: This episode contains some graphic descriptions.