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The Paratrooper Generals – Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, And The American Airborne From D-Day Through Normandy

AUTHOR – Robert L Richardson

PUBLISHER – Stackpole Books

FORMAT – Hardback

PAGES – 284

PUBLISHED – 2020

ISBN – 978 0 8117 3855 2

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Category: Product ID: 8765

Description

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.

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