All American, All the Way: From Market Garden to Berlin: The Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II: A Combat History of the ... in World War II: from Market Garden to Berlin - Brossura

Nordyke, Phil

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ISBN 10: 076033823X ISBN 13: 9780760338230

Casa editrice: Zenith Pr, 2010

Riassunto

On Sunday, September 17, 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division jumped into history with the First Allied Airborne Army in a daring daylight parachute and glider-borne assault to capture key bridges at the start of Operation Market Garden. Following weeks of heavy combat in Holland, the All Americans (the name of the division in World War I when Sgt. Alvin York was one of its soldiers) were withdrawn from the frontlines for a well-deserved rest, which was almost immediately interrupted by the Battle of the Bulge, where they once again found themselves in the thick of the action, a position that remained familiar to them for the rest of the war. Following VE Day, the 82nd became part of the Allied forces occupying Berlin.

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L'autore:

Phil Nordyke was elected official historian of the 505th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) at the association’s annual reunion, held in Colorado Springs in 2003. He is the author of All American, All the Way: The Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II and The All Americans in World War II: A Photographic History of the 82nd Airborne Division at War. He lives in McKinney, Texas, with his wife Nancy.

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• Editore: Zenith Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 076033823X
• ISBN 13: 9780760338230
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 420