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Sainte-Mère Église: The 82nd US Airborne Division - Softcover

Prime, Christophe; Belloc, Eric

 
9782815105521: Sainte-Mère Église: The 82nd US Airborne Division
Softcover
ISBN 10: 2815105527 ISBN 13: 9782815105521
Verlag: OREP, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

This book containing more than 200 photographs and many testimonials will take you back to the heart of the furious battles by the American paratroopers to liberate and hold Sainte-Mère-Église and surroundings. He will introduce you to the extraordinary history of creation of the American airborne weapon and the epic of troopers and gliders of the 82nd Airborne from Sicily to the heart of Germany via Normandy and the Netherlands. The authors also review the moving history of the village in the aftermath of the war. The presence of two large provisional cemeteries in the territory of the municipality for three years and the recognition of the population towards its liberators allowed to forge very strong bonds of friendship between the inhabitants and the All Americans.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Christophe Prime is a historian, and a specialist of the Second World War and the Battle of Normandy. He has written for several military history journals and has participated in documentaries. His authoritative books include Omaha Beach, Tuesday, June 6, 1944 (2016) and Arromanches: the Artificial Harbours and Allied Logistics (2018). Passionate about history, Eric Belloc has been interested for more than 20 years, according to his meetings with historians, witnesses and veterans, to American airborne troops during the battle of Normandy. Since 2010, he has been curator of collections of the Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mère-Église.

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Verlag
OREP
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
2815105527
ISBN 13 
9782815105521
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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