US Airborne Soldier Vs German Soldier: Sicily, Normandy, and Operation Market Garden, 1943-44
David Campbell
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.
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.
الفئات:
المجلد:
033
عام:
2018
الناشر:
Osprey Publishing
اللغة:
english
الصفحات:
80
ISBN 10:
1472828569
ISBN 13:
9781472828569
سلسلة الكتب:
Combat
ملف:
PDF, 17.62 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2018