Tells the story of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as they dropped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. This book also tells the story of many of America's best soldiers as they fought and died in Holland.
Tells the story of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as they dropped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. This book also tells the story of many of America's best soldiers as they fought and died in Holland.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ian Gardner served for five years in Support Company, 10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment. Always enthusiastic about military history, several years after leaving 10 Para Ian became interested in World War II US Paratroopers. After a visit to Normandy in 2000 he decided to focus on the 3rd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which led to the critically acclaimed trilogy Tonight We Die As Men, Deliver Us From Darkness and No Victory in Valhalla. He is also the author of Airborne: The Combat Biography of Ed Shames of Easy Company. He is married with two grown-up children and lives near Aldershot in Hampshire.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword by Mario "Hank" DiCarlo Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Tell everyone I said hello": Rebuilding the Battalion - August 1944 2. "Circle of fire": The German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands - May 1940 - September 1944 3. "All leave cancelled": Prepare for action - September 14, 1944 4. "A parade ground jump": September 17, 1944 5. "Road to Eindhoven": September 17-18, 1944 6. "A city in chains": The liberation of Eindhoven 7. "The burning sky": The bombing of Eindhoven - September 19, 1944 8. "No time to bleed": Hell's Highway - September 21-October 1, 1944 9. "Life and death on the island": Surviving the nightmare 10. "Quiet as a church": Opheusden - October 5-7, 1944 11. "Welcome to the meat grinder": The battle of the island - October 1944 12. "Operation Pegasus I": The rescue of the British Paras - October 22, 1944 13. "Our work is nearly done": Driel - October 26-November 27, 1944 14. "Club Mocambo": Camp Chalons, Mourmelon, France - November 20-December 20, 1944 Epilogue Bibliography Index
Foreword by Mario "Hank" DiCarlo Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Tell everyone I said hello": Rebuilding the Battalion - August 1944 2. "Circle of fire": The German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands - May 1940 - September 1944 3. "All leave cancelled": Prepare for action - September 14, 1944 4. "A parade ground jump": September 17, 1944 5. "Road to Eindhoven": September 17-18, 1944 6. "A city in chains": The liberation of Eindhoven 7. "The burning sky": The bombing of Eindhoven - September 19, 1944 8. "No time to bleed": Hell's Highway - September 21-October 1, 1944 9. "Life and death on the island": Surviving the nightmare 10. "Quiet as a church": Opheusden - October 5-7, 1944 11. "Welcome to the meat grinder": The battle of the island - October 1944 12. "Operation Pegasus I": The rescue of the British Paras - October 22, 1944 13. "Our work is nearly done": Driel - October 26-November 27, 1944 14. "Club Mocambo": Camp Chalons, Mourmelon, France - November 20-December 20, 1944 Epilogue Bibliography Index
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