BATTLE ORDERS 24: US ARMY INFANTRY 1944-45.
Author: Sayen, John

A complete overview of the evolving organization tactics doctrine weapons and equipment of the US Infantry in the Pacific Mediterranean and European theatres from 1944 to the war's end. This follow-up to Battle Orders 17: US Army Infantry Divisions 1942-43 covers the critical period 1944-45 when changes instituted by Lieutenant General Leslie J McNair the head of the Army Ground Forces and an organizational genius were imposed on an army reluctant to change. The book includes a table outlining all 66 US Infantry Army divisions that served during World War II and analyzes the organization of manpower and resources that turned these divisions into a war-winning army.