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The Night of Liberation: Normandie June 1944-Embark with the American paratroopers
Gilles Vallee
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Description for The Night of Liberation: Normandie June 1944-Embark with the American paratroopers
Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
On the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, some 15,000 American paratroopers were dropped into Normandy to outflank the German troops. Among them were the men of the 3rd Battalion of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, commanded by Lt. Col. Robert Wolverton. Dropped behind Utah Beach, their mission was to seize two bridges on the Douve, near Carentan, to prevent enemy reinforcements accessing the coast. As a result of long and painstaking research, Gilles Vallée has been able to reconstruct the route of Wolverton and his men as they embarked with him on board the ... Read more
On the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, some 15,000 American paratroopers were dropped into Normandy to outflank the German troops. Among them were the men of the 3rd Battalion of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, commanded by Lt. Col. Robert Wolverton. Dropped behind Utah Beach, their mission was to seize two bridges on the Douve, near Carentan, to prevent enemy reinforcements accessing the coast. As a result of long and painstaking research, Gilles Vallée has been able to reconstruct the route of Wolverton and his men as they embarked with him on board the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Heimdal
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Bayeux, France
ISBN
9782840483885
SKU
V9782840483885
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About Gilles Vallee
Born in Nice in 1966, Gilles Vallée is married and father of two children. He works as a physiotherapist for twenty years after serving for five years in the Navy, as an aeronautical electronic engineer on board helicopters. When young he was fascinated by stories of the Normandy landings; and this book is the result of a childhood dream and ... Read more
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