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Ridgway's Paratroopers: The American Airborne in World War II

Door Clay Blair

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#365379-ZA34
Titel	Ridgway's Paratroopers: The American Airborne in World War II
Auteur	Blair, Clay
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Annaplis : Naval Institute Press
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	1557502994
ISBN13	9781557502995
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, (full page) photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This powerful study of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway offers both a detailed account of the legendary general's illustrious World War II career and a comprehensive history of American airborne operations in Europe. Considered one of the Allies' brightest and most forceful commanders, the general fought in every major battle in the Mediterranean and Europe, and his 82nd and 101st airborne divisions came to be called the best in the U. S. Army. But the book makes clear that Ridgway had to justify his faith in airborne warfare because the first drop by the 82nd-during the invasion of Sicily when the pilots were still green and the equipment faulty-had been a fiasco. <br><br>Blair tells the story in gripping battlefield narrative to capture the experiences of the soldiers who served in th... (Lees verder)ese elite units at Salerno, Naples, Anzio, Normandy, and elsewhere. At the same time he provides a frank ysis of the development of the airborne techniques and of the attention given to the political-military-strategic issues that influenced their deployment. Densely packed with information, the book, first published in 1985, is widely acknowledged for its engagingly honest ysis of Ridgway and airborne operations in Europe.
Pagina's	588
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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