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The Paratrooper Generals : Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy / Mitchell Yockelson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2020]Description: xx, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780811738552
  • 0811738558
Subject(s):
Contents:
General Lee's Airborne -- Matthew Bunker Ridgway -- Maxwell Davenport Taylor -- War -- The Birth Of American Airborne Divisions -- "Become A Paratrooper!" -- James Gavin -- Sicily and Italy: A Dress Rehearsal For Normandy -- Eisenhower -- Planning for Neptune -- The American Airborne in England -- C-47s -- Gliders -- : Eisenhower's Parachuting Correspondents -- Brereton's Ninth Air Force -- The Unbearable Burden of Conscience -- A Rendevouz with Destiny -- Pathfinders -- Readying the Skytrains -- The Paratrooper Generals Make Final Preparations -- Delay -- The Paratrooper Generals Take Off -- Scattered in Streams and Cow Pastures -- The All Americans on D-Day -- The Screaming Eagles on D-Day -- Airborne Angels of Mercy -- The End of a Very Long Day -- Crossing the La Fière Causeway -- Seizing The Carentan Causeway -- Carentan -- Ridgway's Final Attacks -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor fought on the ground for six weeks of combat that cost the airborne divisions more than 40 percent casualties. This is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day."-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 940.5421 Y54 Available 33111009748779
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

General Lee's Airborne -- Matthew Bunker Ridgway -- Maxwell Davenport Taylor -- War -- The Birth Of American Airborne Divisions -- "Become A Paratrooper!" -- James Gavin -- Sicily and Italy: A Dress Rehearsal For Normandy -- Eisenhower -- Planning for Neptune -- The American Airborne in England -- C-47s -- Gliders -- : Eisenhower's Parachuting Correspondents -- Brereton's Ninth Air Force -- The Unbearable Burden of Conscience -- A Rendevouz with Destiny -- Pathfinders -- Readying the Skytrains -- The Paratrooper Generals Make Final Preparations -- Delay -- The Paratrooper Generals Take Off -- Scattered in Streams and Cow Pastures -- The All Americans on D-Day -- The Screaming Eagles on D-Day -- Airborne Angels of Mercy -- The End of a Very Long Day -- Crossing the La Fière Causeway -- Seizing The Carentan Causeway -- Carentan -- Ridgway's Final Attacks -- Conclusion.

"Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor fought on the ground for six weeks of combat that cost the airborne divisions more than 40 percent casualties. This is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day."-- Provided by publisher.

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