Greatest Tank Battles Ep.7: The Battle of Arracourt

Greatest Tank Battles Ep.7: The Battle of Arracourt

September 18th 1944. When Patton’s 3rd Army threatens to breach the German border near Arracourt, France, Hitler desperately deploys hundreds of panzers in a huge tank-vs-tank clash. Arracourt at that time, was the largest tank battle involving U.S. forces on the Western Front.

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