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_aYockelson, Mitchell A., _d1962- _eauthor. |
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_aThe Paratrooper Generals : _bMatthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy / _cMitchell Yockelson. |
263 | _a2005 | ||
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_aGuilford, Connecticut : _bStackpole Books, _c[2020] |
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_axx, 283 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aGeneral 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. | |
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_a"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."-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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_aRidgway, Matthew B. _q(Matthew Bunker), _d1895-1993 _xMilitary leadership. _9228086 |
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_aTaylor, Maxwell D. _q(Maxwell Davenport), _d1901-1987 _xMilitary leadership. |
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_aUnited States. _bArmy _xAirborne troops _xHistory. _927877 |
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_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bAirborne Division, 82nd. _9298083 |
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_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bAirborne Division, 101st. _954544 |
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_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zFrance _zNormandy. _926227 |
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_aUnited States. _bArmy _vBiography. _945639 |
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_aGenerals _zUnited States _vBiography. _99045 |
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