RED BULL - A History of the 34th Infantry Division in World War II: V1 From Mobilization to Victory in Tunisia

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The story of the US Army National Guard's 34th 'Red Bull' Infantry Division from mobilization through to their bitter but victorious fight at Hill 609 in Tunisia. Includes maps and photographs.

After training, the 34th ID would be deployed in early 1942 to the United Kingdom as the first US division sent overseas, before participating in Operation TORCH and the capture of Algiers. Shocking engagements with Axis forces led to early traumatic defeats in Tunisia, battles that ultimately transformed the division's men into the killer soldiers they needed to become. Their mettle would be tested when they won the bitter fight at Hill 609, where the Red Bull broke the Axis defensive line in Tunisia, resulting in the destruction of two Axis armies and the Allied conquest of the North African shore.

Examines the major battles and little-known events of the Red Bull's brutal introduction to war and its metamorphosis into an effective combat organization, within the context of Allied strategy and leadership.