The paratrooper generals : Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy /
Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor fought on the ground for six weeks of combat that cost the airborne divisions more than forty percent casualties. This is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders pl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Stackpole Books,
[2020]
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| Summary: | Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor fought on the ground for six weeks of combat that cost the airborne divisions more than forty percent casualties. This is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780811738552 0811738558 |