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Germans Dismissed America’s Black Tankers as ‘Unfit’ — Then the 761st Fought 183 Days Without Rest
In 1944, as the Allies prepared for the final push into Nazi-occupied Europe, one U.S. tank unit carried an additional burden — the weight of prejudice. The 761st Tank Battalion, known as the “Black Panthers,” was the first African American armored unit to enter combat in World War II. Dismissed by German intelligence reports as “unfit ...
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