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D-Day Gliders
Philippe Esvelin
Operation Overlord was a watershed in the history of World War II.
Fifty Five years on, owing to their strategic importance, the
Normandy landings continue to attract numerous historians. No
landing had ever been attempted on such a scale before. Every
component of the Allied armies took part in this operation, which
was the springboard for the liberation of France and the rest of
Europe.
Neglected by historians, the American glider pilots and troops
played a significant role in the overall success of Operation
Neptune, the assault phase of Overlord. Glider pilots were not
always regarded as being proper pilots, and nothing was written
about their military career. From being called up in the United
States to the fighting in Normandy, this book calls upon documents
and eyewitness accounts to recount the commitment of these men
who used the glider as a military vehicle to transport troops onto
the field of battle.
Many troops of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions had their
introduction to the Normandy countryside by way of a perilous
landing in a glider. This is a too little told aspect of the war and
Philippe Esvelin seeks, in this colorful book, to set the record
straight and give due testimony to the courage of the brave men,
both the paratroopers and pilots, who gave their lives in the first
hours of the beginning of the liberation of Europe. It is a unique
photographic record of their efforts.
Hardcover, 9 x 12, 168 pages, 250 b/w & color photos, charts,
maps.
English and French Text
$39.95
Philippe Esvelin
Operation Overlord was a watershed in the history of World War II.
Fifty Five years on, owing to their strategic importance, the
Normandy landings continue to attract numerous historians. No
landing had ever been attempted on such a scale before. Every
component of the Allied armies took part in this operation, which
was the springboard for the liberation of France and the rest of
Europe.
Neglected by historians, the American glider pilots and troops
played a significant role in the overall success of Operation
Neptune, the assault phase of Overlord. Glider pilots were not
always regarded as being proper pilots, and nothing was written
about their military career. From being called up in the United
States to the fighting in Normandy, this book calls upon documents
and eyewitness accounts to recount the commitment of these men
who used the glider as a military vehicle to transport troops onto
the field of battle.
Many troops of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions had their
introduction to the Normandy countryside by way of a perilous
landing in a glider. This is a too little told aspect of the war and
Philippe Esvelin seeks, in this colorful book, to set the record
straight and give due testimony to the courage of the brave men,
both the paratroopers and pilots, who gave their lives in the first
hours of the beginning of the liberation of Europe. It is a unique
photographic record of their efforts.
Hardcover, 9 x 12, 168 pages, 250 b/w & color photos, charts,
maps.
English and French Text
$39.95
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