Harry Yeide: Tank Killers

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Spearhead in the West. Frankfurt, Germany: 3d Armored Division, 1945.

Southern France. CMH Pub72-31. Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, not dated.

St. Lô, facsimile reprint of CMH Pub 100-13. Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1983.

Tunisia. CMH Pub 72-12. Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, not dated.

Up From Marseille, 781st Tank Battalion. Camp Campbell, KY: The Battalion, 1945.

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Unpublished Special Studies

Baker, LtCol Herschel D. “El Guettar,” TD Combat in Tunisia. Tank Destroyer School, 1944.

“Defense of the West Wall.” ETHINT-37. Historical Division, Headquarters United States Army, Europe. This is an interview with Major Herbert Büchs, aide to Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, 28 September 1945. National Archives.

Ellmann, Maj Gilbert A. “Gafsa and Sbeitla,” TD Combat in Tunisia. Tank Destroyer School, 1944.

“Employment of Panzer Forces on the Western Front.” ETHINT-39. Historical Division, Headquarters United States Army, Europe, 1945. This is an interview with Generaloberst Heinz Guderian, 16 August 1945. National Archives.

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“Panzer Tactics in Normandy”. ETHINT-13. Historical Division, Headquarters United States Army, Europe, 11 December 1947. This is a record of an interview conducted with General der Panzertruppen Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg, who was commander of Panzer Gruppe West from 1943 to 5 July 1944 and Inspector of Panzer Troops from August 1944 to May 1945. National Archives.

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“Sixth Pz Army in the Ardennes Offensive.” ETHINT-16. Historical Division, Headquarters United States Army, Europe, 1945. This is an interview with Generaloberst (Waffen SS) Josef “Sepp” Dietrich, 8-9 August 1945. National Archives.

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Von Wietersheim, Generalleutnant Wend. “The 11th Panzer Division in Southern France (15 August–14 September 1944),” MS # A-880, Historical Division, Headquarters United States Army, Europe, 1946. National Archives.

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