82nd Airborne: Normandy 1944 by Stephen Smith, Simon Forty

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82nd Airborne: Normandy 1944

Stephen Smith, Simon Forty

64 pages paperback

1 edition

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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On August 15, 1942, the 82nd Airborne became the US Army's first airborne division. Commanded by Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, they trained exhaustively for their new role, which involved parachuting from C-47s and insertion by Waco CG-4A glid...

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