*Explores the doctrinal, strategic, and tactical ideas behind World War II tanks*Contains detailed maps and diagrams*Critiques the performances of commanders like George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and others: Focusing on five Allied tank operations from July to September 1944--Operations Goodwood, Cobra, Totalize, and Tractable and Patton's tank battles around Arracourt--armor expert Roman Jarymowycz draws on after-action reports, extensive battlefield reconnaissance, recently discovered battle performance reviews, and war diaries to evaluate the successes and failures of the art of armored warfare as practiced by Allied tank commanders in France in 1944.