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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	Juni 2018
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	HISTORY / Military / United States / Military tactics / overlord; parachute infantry; d-day; utah; screaming eagles / Warfare & defence
ISBN:	9781472828569
EAN-Code:	9781472828569
Verlag:	Bloomsbury
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Serie:	#33 - Combat
Dimensionen:	H 248 mm / B 184 mm / D 7 mm
Gewicht:	262 gr
Seiten:	80
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Inhalt:

The US Airborne force fielded some of the toughest, best-trained and most resourceful troops of World War II - all necessary qualities in a force that was lightly armed and which would in most operational circumstances be surrounded from the moment it landed on the battlefield. The German Wehrmacht grew to rely on a series of defensive measures to combat the airborne threat, including fortifications, localized reserves, and special training to help intercept and disrupt airborne troops both in the air and on the ground. Despite such methods it was cool-headed command and control that would prove to be the real key to blunting the Airborne's edge. Using specially commissioned artwork, this book examines the development of the American airborne forces that spearheaded the Allied effort in Sicily, Normandy and Operation Market Garden, and the German countermeasures that evolved in response to the threat of Allied airborne landings.