Death Traps
literary work· published 1998
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Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II is a 1998 memoir by Belton Y. Cooper. The book relates Cooper's experiences during World War II and puts forth an argument against the US Army's use of the M4 Sherman tank during the war instead of the M26 Pershing. Belton Youngblood Cooper (October 4, 1917 - May 26, 2007) served in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) in the field artillery branch while attending college at the Virginia Military Institute.
Adaptations (1)
Death Traps was adapted into a 2014 film.
Fury2014 · film · 134 min · dir. David Ayer · IMDb ↗April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
