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“An important contribution to the history of World War II . . . I have never before been able to learn so much about maintenance methods of an armored division, with precise details that underline the importance of the work, along with descriptions of how the job was done.”—Russell F. Weigley, author of Eisenhower’s Lieutenants“Cooper saw more of the war than most junior officers, and he writes about it better than almost anyone. . . . His stories are vivid, enlightening, full of life—and of pain, sorrow, horror, and triumph.”—Stephen E. Ambrose, from his Foreword  “In a down-to-earth style, Death Traps tells the compelling story of one man’s assignment to the famous 3rd Armored Division that spearheaded the American advance from Normandy into Germany. Cooper served as an ordnance officer with the forward elements and was responsible for coordinating the recovery and repair of damaged American tanks. This was a dangerous job that often required him to travel alone through enemy territory, and the author recalls his service with pride, downplaying his role in the vast effort that kept the American forces well equipped and supplied. . . . [Readers] will be left with an indelible impression of the importance of the support troops and how dependent combat forces were on them.”—Library Journal “As an alumnus of the 3rd, I eagerly awaited this book’s coming out since I heard of its release . . . and the wait and the book have both been worth it. . . . Cooper is a very polished writer, and the book is very readable. But there is a certain quality of ‘you are there’ many other memoirs do not seem to have. . . . Nothing in recent times—ridgerunning in Korea, firebases in Vietnam, or even the one hundred hours of Desert Storm—pressed the ingenuity and resolve of American troops . . . like WWII. This book lays it out better than any other recent effort, and should be part of the library of any contemporary warrior.”—Stephen Sewell, Armor Magazine “Cooper’s writing and recall of harrowing events is superb and engrossing. Highly recommended.”—Robert A. Lynn, The Stars and Stripes “This detailed story will become a classic of WWII history and required reading for anyone interested in armored warfare.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “[Death Traps] fills a critical gap in WWII literature. . . . It’s a truly unique and valuable work.”—G.I. Journal

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Death Traps is a shocking first-person story of the fatal vulnerability of America's tank force in France and Germany in 1944 and 1945. When it was first introduced in the North African desert in mid-1942, the M4 Sherman was the most powerfully-armed and most heavily-armored tank in North Africa. However, unlike the Germans and the Soviets, America did little to up-armor or up-gun this main battle tank, leaving it fatally vulnerable to next-generation German tanks, such as the Tiger, Panther and Koenigstiger which it faced in '44-45 in Northwest Europe, where the author served as head of tank recovery and repair for one of Patton's tank divisions.The first-person horror the author experienced in recovering, repairing and repainting (repainting was the only way to get the blood of dead Americans out of the tank interiors before the vehicles were re-assigned to the next-generation of American cannon fodder). While Cooper and his crew kept repairing and re-issuing battle-damaged tanks (we had more than a 100-percent loss rate in France, Belgium and Germany in '44-45, he could do nothing about the ill-trained replacements that were pulled out of second-line units, given a day's training and sent into combat against skilled Panzerwaffe troops. What makes this even more poignant is the simple fact that we could have had M26 Pershing tanks in service before D-Day, but Patton quashed that plan, saying we didn't need Pershings (or even significantly up-gunned and up-armored Shermans).This is an eye-opening book, and well worth reading.I have read this book several times, the first in preparation for serving as the on-camera historian for a History Channel program, "Engineering Disasters - The Sherman Tank." Also on this program was the author of Death Traps, Belton Y. Cooper. Getting to know him was every bit as enjoyable and informative as reading his book.

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