Screaming Eagle Gliders

The 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division in World War II

G. J. Dettore (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

440 Seiten

2016
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-1756-4 (ISBN)

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As part of the famous 101st Airborne Division (the Screaming Eagles), the 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion saw nearly constant action during World War II, from assisting the infantry by landing supplies and providing combat support to fighting on the front lines.• Day-by-day chronicle of an airborne battalion in World War II• Covers the 321st's actions on D-Day, in Normandy, in Operation Market Garden, at the Bulge, and during the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest headquarters• Includes firsthand accounts drawn from interviews with almost all of the unit's veterans• Describes operations in which the 321st fought with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (of Band of Brothers fame)• Hundreds of photos, most of them snapshots from veterans

G. J. Dettore, a retired police officer, has spent decades researching the 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion. He lives near Detroit, Michigan.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2016
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs
Verlagsort	Mechanicsburg
Sprache	englisch
Maße	208 x 262 mm
Gewicht	1465 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-8117-1756-9 / 0811717569
ISBN-13	978-0-8117-1756-4 / 9780811717564
Zustand	Neuware