US Airborne Divisions in the ETO 1944–45
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101st Screaming Eagles
20th twentieth century
82nd All American
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D-Day
decisions
doctrine
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illustrated
night drops
Nijmegen
Normandy
Operation Market Garden
organisation
Second World War 2 II
strategic
tactic
units
Varsity
WWII WW2
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- ISBN 9781846031182
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 182 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 07 Mar 2007
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The delivery of entire divisions to battlefields behind enemy lines by parachute and glider was a unique feature of World War II.
By the end of the war the US Army deployed the largest airborne force in the world, created in only three years, and boasting such impressive units as the 82nd "All American" and 101st "Screaming Eagles." This book details the organization and operation history of these units throughout the war in Northwest Europe from 1944 to 1945, covering the desperate night drops over Normandy in support of the D-Day invasions, through the capture of Nijmegen during Operation Market-Garden to Operation Varsity, the last great airborne operation of the war to secure the crossing of the Rhine.
Steven J. Zaloga was born in 1952, received his BA in history from Union College, and his MA from Columbia University. He has published numerous books and articles dealing with modern military technology, especially armored vehicle development. His main area of interest is military affairs in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in World War II, and he has also written extensively on American armored forces.
