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Title: The Paratrooper Generals
Condition: New
Subtitle: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day Through Normandy
Author: Mitchell Yockelson
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0811738558
EAN: 9780811738552
ISBN: 9780811738552
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Genre: History
Topic: Military History
Release Date: 28/01/2021
Description: Generals during World War II usually stayed to the rear, but not Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor. During D-Day and the Normandy campaign, these commanders of the 82nd “All-American” and the 101st “Screaming Eagle” Airborne Divisions refused to remain behind the lines and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their paratroopers in the thick of combat. Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Ridgway and Taylor fought on the ground for six weeks of combat that cost the airborne divisions more than 40 percent casualties. The Paratrooper Generals is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day, describing the extraordinary courage and leadership they demonstrated throughout the most important American campaign of World War II.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 152mm
Item Length: 229mm
Release Year: 2021

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