101st Airborne : the Screaming Eagles at Normandy / Mark Bando.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bando, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.

United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st.

United States.

United States. Army--Parachute troops.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : Zenith Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A minute-by-minute and day-by-day account of the elite 101st Airborne's daring parachute landing behind enemy lines at Normandy is accompanied by firsthand accounts from Airborne veterans and forty incredible, previously unknown (let alone published) color photos of the "Screaming Eagles" at Normandy and in Great Britain prior to the invasion. Accompanying these remarkable D-Day color Kodachromes-which were unearthed in the attic of an Army doctor's daughter-are more than two hundred black-and-white photographs from 101st survivors and the author's own private collection. This is an unprecedented look at an elite fighting force during one of the last century's most crucial moments.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1 TRAINING AND MANEUVERS""; ""Chapter 2 ENGLAND BEFORE D-DAY""; ""Chapter 3 NORMANDY, PART I: THE INVASION""; ""Chapter 4 NORMANDY, PART II: THE PUSH INLAND""; ""Chapter 5 ENGLAND, SUMMER 1944""; ""Chapter 6 HOLLAND, PART I: LIBERATION OF THE CORRIDOR""; ""Chapter 7 HOLLAND, PART II: THE ISLAND""; ""Chapter 8 BASTOGNE""; ""Chapter 9 ALSACE-LORRAINE""; ""Chapter 10 BERCHTESGADEN AND THE END OF THE WAR""; ""Appendix: SCREAMING EAGLES WORLD WAR II ARTIFACTS""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 16, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781610602563

1610602560