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The general and his daughter : the wartime letters of General James M. Gavin to his daughter Barbara /
James Maurice Gavin left for war in April 1943 as a colonel commanding the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division?America?s first airborne division and the first to fight in World War II. In 1944, ?Slim Jim? Gavin, as he was known to his troops, at the age of thirty-seven be...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editor's Note
- Foreward
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: The Call to War
- Chapter 2: Operation Husky
- North Africa
- Chapter 3: Operation Husky
- Sicily
- Chapter 4: Operation Avalanche
- Italy
- Chapter 5: Operation Overlord/Neptune
- United Kingdom
- Chapter 6: Operation Neptune
- Normandy
- Chapter 7: Command of the 82nd Airborne Division
- Chapter 8: Operation Market-Garden
- Holland
- Chapter 9: The Battle of the Bulge
- Belgium
- Chapter 10: Cracking the Siegfried Line
- Germany Chapter 11: A Brief Respite
- France
- Chapter 12: Back on the Line
- The Final Fight
- Chapter 13: Victory, Russian Camaraderie, and a Visit Home
- Chapter 14: Occupation Duty
- Berlin
- Chapter 15: The Call Home
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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