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Division Leclerc

Author : Merlin Robinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472830083
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Division Leclerc written by Merlin Robinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-27 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'General Leclerc' was the nom de guerre adopted by the Gaullist officer Philippe de Hautcloque, to protect his family in occupied France. He became France's foremost fighting commander, and his armored division (the '2e DB') its most famous formation. Starting as a small scratch force of mostly African troops organised and led by Leclerc in French Equatorial Africa, it achieved early success raiding Italian and German positions in co-operation with Britain's Long Range Desert Group. Following the Allied victory in North Africa it was expanded and reorganised as a US Army-style armoured division, with American tanks and other armoured vehicles. Shipped to the UK, in spring 1944, it was assigned to Patton's US Third Army, landing in time for the Normandy breakout and being given the honour of liberating Paris in August 1944. Combining a thorough analysis of their combat and organisation with detailed colour plates of their uniforms and equipment, this is the fascinating story of Free France's most effective fighting force.

Free France's Lion

Author : William Moore
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612000681
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Free France's Lion written by William Moore and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2011-11-19 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But for his early death, many Frenchmen believe Leclerc would have been their greatest figure to emerge from World War II. De Gaulle himself admitted to his son-in-law that he gave up smoking when Leclerc died, in order to retain his health in case France needed him, because Leclerc was no longer there. From the fall of France until 1943, Leclerc dovetailed his operations with the British effort in North Africa, establishing himself as a dynamic combat leader in the battles against Rommel. But once the conflict shifted to European soil he became even more prominent as the commander of the 2nd French Armored Division (the famous 2e DB). For the next two years he was under the operational control of either Patton's Third Army, as in the Normandy breakout, Hodges' First Army, at the Westwall, or Patch's Seventh Army in the south. His career not only includes the liberation of Paris, for which he is most famous, but the retaking of Strasbourg and the reduction of the Colmar Pocket. Helping to spearhead the advance into Germany itself, Leclercs armor comprised a rock upon which American units could rely, and its waving the tricolor during the Allied counter-invasion went far toward retrieving French prestige in the war. By the German surrender in May 1945, Leclerc is one of very few Frenchmen of whom it can be said that he never stopped fighting to regain France's freedom, from the debacle of 1940 right through to the end. After VE-Day Leclerc was dispatched to reassert French authority in Indo-China, an uphill task given the atrophy suffered by the French colonial government due to its isolation from its homeland and local Japanese superiority. While being partly successful in the south and Cambodia, Leclerc soon discovered that the Viet Minh were harder to dislodge in the North, and that Ho Chi Minh was more than a match for frequently changing postwar French governments. Recognizing that France had neither the means nor the will to recover control, Leclerc advised his government to "negotiate at all costs." This didn't happen, leading to Dien Bien Phu eight years later and thence to US involvement. Surprisingly, Leclerc has never yet been the subject of a thorough biography in English. Nevertheless many Americans and Englishmen will inevitably have noticed the plethora of monuments to Leclerc in any moderately sized French town. With a fast-paced narrative covering combat at all levels of command and a foreword by Martin Windrow, author of The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam, Free France's Lion will make fascinating reading for any serious student of the full scope of World War II.

Division Leclerc

Author : M.P. Robinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472830075
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Division Leclerc written by M.P. Robinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle history, men and equipment of the most famous Free French unit of World War II, led by France's best fighting general.

Summary of Jean Edward Smith's The Liberation of Paris

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of Jean Edward Smith's The Liberation of Paris written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of Jean Edward Smith's The Liberation of Paris in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Liberation of Paris" by Jean Edward Smith recounts the historical events leading up to and including the liberation of Paris from German occupation during World War II. The narrative begins with the unopposed entry of German troops into Paris on June 14, 1940, following the French declaration of the city as open. The book delves into the complexities of the French political landscape, the skepticism of war among the French populace, and the subsequent German invasion through the Ardennes, which caught the French military off guard...

Women of Valor

Author : Ellen Hampton
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476684537
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Women of Valor written by Ellen Hampton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in an armored division! General Leclerc had never heard of such a thing. But if he wanted the 19 brand-new ambulances, he would have to take their women drivers too. Known as the Rochambelles, their courage won the admiration of their comrades and changed many minds. These women learned to drive through mortar fire, to pull men from burning tanks, to stanch blood and ease pain. Above all, they learned that no matter who was doing the shooting, the greater enemy was hatred. Only three of the fifty-one women who served in the group published a memoir, and their stories have been all but lost. This book, newly revised and updated, reveals their daring and accomplishments, from Normandy to Berchtesgaden.

August 1944: The Campaign for France

Author : Robert A. Miller
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307827755
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book August 1944: The Campaign for France written by Robert A. Miller and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert A. Miller has written an exciting and well-documented account of a month that changed history. It is a true and accurate picture of the war as it was fought - day by day. In the tradition of Cornelius Ryan, this is popular military history at its best.

Parameters

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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United States Army in World War II.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book United States Army in World War II. written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Breakout and Pursuit

Author : Martin Blumenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breakout and Pursuit written by Martin Blumenson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Army

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance

Author : David Schoenbrun
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance written by David Schoenbrun and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most complete account of the French Resistance in English, and the most sensitive... A masterful rendering of the Resistance...” — Philip Hallie, The New York Times “A celebration and a memorial... Mr. Schoenbrun has had long conversations with a number of the best-known survivors, each one the keeper of a sacred flame... the fullest account of the French Resistance in English.” — Robert O. Paxton, The New York Review of Books “Political history chiefly, not heroics: the most extensive account in English of the two French Resistances — that of the Underground against Vichy and the Nazis, and that of de Gaulle against all other claimants to authority over fallen France... including, prominently, the Allies... A memorable and important book.” — Kirkus Reviews “Former CBS Paris bureau chief David Schoenbrun gives us an excellent, solidly researched account of the struggle waged by that gallant handful who sabotaged railroads and power plants, rescued Allied fliers and Jewish fugitives, assassinated German and Vichy officials, then fought pitched battles against elite Wehrmacht formations... With great objectivity and verve, Schoenbrun chronicles the often muddled, uncoordinated efforts of the Resistance through the four dark years of Nazi occupation. Systematically and factually, he explains the workings on the fragmented organizations that kept on fighting in spite of the Germans’ ruthless attempts to stamp them out.” — Martin Sokolinsky, Christian Science Monitor “[A] marvelous book... stories of heroism and self-sacrifice that challenge belief. [Schoenbrun] has created a prodigious work crowded with compelling stories...” — Richard J. Walton, Saturday Review “Important... richly deserving of acclaim... The first comprehensive account in English of the French Resistance... held together by a fine reporter’s instinct of how to tell a story and how to tell it well.” — Houston Chronicle

Liberation of Paris 1944

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846038421
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Liberation of Paris 1944 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated account of the Liberation of Paris during World War II. In July 1944, Operation Cobra broke the stalemate in Normandy and sent the Allies racing across France. The Allied commanders had ignored Paris in their planning for this campaign, considering that the risk of intense street fighting and heavy casualties outweighed the city's strategic importance. However, Charles de Gaulle persuaded the Allied commanders to take direct action to liberate his nation's capital. Steven J Zaloga first describes the operations of Patton's Third Army as it advanced towards Paris before focussing on the actions of the Resistance forces inside the city and of the Free French armoured division that fought its way in and joined up with them to liberate it on the 24th August. On the back of this morale-boosting victory, De Gaulle could finally proclaim Paris to be liberated, as one of the world's loveliest cities survived Hitler's strident command that it should be held at all costs or razed to the ground.

United States Army in WWII - Europe - Breakout and Pursuit

Author : Martin Blumenson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782894144
Total Pages : 815 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book United States Army in WWII - Europe - Breakout and Pursuit written by Martin Blumenson and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Includes 33 maps and 97 illustrations] The campaign in the summer of 1944 related in this volume included some of the most spectacular ground action of the U.S. Army during World War II. It began with the slow and costly hedgerow fighting against determined German efforts to contain the Normandy beachhead; it entered its decisive stage when the breach of German defenses permitted full exploitation of the power and mobility of U.S. Army ground troops; and it reached the peak of brilliance with successive envelopments of principal German forces and the pursuit of their remnants north and east to free most of France, part of Belgium, and portions of the Netherlands. By late Aug. the war in the west appeared to be almost over, but the tyranny of logistics gave the enemy time to rally at the fortified West Wall and delay surrender for another eight months. Covering the period 1 July to 11 Sep. 1944, Breakout and Pursuit takes up the story of the European campaign at the time when the Allies considered their cross-Channel beachhead well established on the Continent. How the Allies exploited the initial success of their landings and drove from the shores of Normandy to the German border is the subject of the volume. The events of the period comprise a rich variety of military experience. Virtually every sort of major operation involving co-ordinated action of the combined arms is found: the grueling positional warfare of the battle of the hedgerows, the breakthrough of the main enemy position, exploitation, encirclement, and pursuit, as well as a number of actions falling under the general heading of special operations--an assault river crossing, the siege of a fortress, and night combat, among others. In their variety and complexity, these operations frequently bring into sharp focus the delicate problems of coalition warfare.

The Liberation of Paris

Author : Jean Edward Smith
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501164937
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Liberation of Paris written by Jean Edward Smith and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of 1944) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II—a triumph achieved only through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, racing to save the city from destruction. Following their breakout from Normandy in late June 1944, the Allies swept across northern France in pursuit of the German army. The Allies intended to bypass Paris and cross the Rhine into Germany, ending the war before winter set in. But as they advanced, local forces in Paris began their own liberation, defying the occupying German troops. Charles de Gaulle, the leading figure of the Free French government, urged General Dwight Eisenhower to divert forces to liberate Paris. Eisenhower’s advisers recommended otherwise, but Ike wanted to help position de Gaulle to lead France after the war. And both men were concerned about partisan conflict in Paris that could leave the communists in control of the city and the national government. Neither man knew that the German commandant, Dietrich von Choltitz, convinced that the war was lost, schemed to surrender the city to the Allies intact, defying Hitler’s orders to leave it a burning ruin. In The Liberation of Paris, Jean Edward Smith puts “one of the most moving moments in the history of the Second World War” (Michael Korda) in context, showing how the decision to free the city came at a heavy price: it slowed the Allied momentum and allowed the Germans to regroup. After the war German generals argued that Eisenhower’s decision to enter Paris prolonged the war for another six months. Was Paris worth this price? Smith answers this question in a “brisk new recounting” that is “terse, authoritative, [and] unsentimental” (The Washington Post).

United States Army in WWII - Europe - Riviera to the Rhine

Author : Robert Ross Smith
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782894152
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book United States Army in WWII - Europe - Riviera to the Rhine written by Robert Ross Smith and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Includes 35 maps and 77 illustrations] Riviera to the Rhine examines a significant portion of the Allied drive across northern Europe and focuses on the vital role played in that drive by the U.S. 6th Army Group, commanded by General Jacob L. Devers, and its two major components, the American Seventh Army, under General Alexander M. Patch, and the French First Army, under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. Had these forces not existed, Eisenhower’s two northern army groups, those commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery and General Omar N. Bradley, would have been stretched much thinner, with their offensive and defensive capabilities greatly reduced. In such a case the German offensive of Dec. 1944 might have met with greater success, easily postponing the final Allied drive into Germany with unforeseen military and political consequences. Riviera thus should balance the greater public attention given to the commands of Montgomery and Bradley by concentrating on the accomplishments of those led by Devers, Patch, and de Lattre and, in the process, by highlighting the crucial logistical contributions of the southern French ports to the Allied war effort. Finally Riviera is the study of a combined, Franco-American military effort, one which frequently saw major combat units of each nation commanded by generals of the other on the field of battle. Although outwardly similar, each national component had its own unique style, and a deep appreciation of one another’s strengths and weaknesses was vital to the success of the combined force. National political considerations also played a significant role in the operations of the combined force as did personal conflicts within both chains of command, all of which had to be resolved primarily by the principal commanders in the field.

Armor

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Eisenhower

Author : Geoffrey Perret
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0375504702
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Eisenhower written by Geoffrey Perret and published by Random House. This book was released on 2000-03-02 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, in-depth life of Eisenhower offers fresh perspectives, not only on World War II and the Korean War but also on the Cold War, the civil rights movement, McCarthyism, the U-2 crisis and Vietnam. Geoffrey Perret's Eisenhower gives us, for the first time, the whole man. It brings together a huge amount of material, much of it made available to researchers only in recent years. The result is nothing less than an original, authoritative and provocative portrait of Eisenhower, as both soldier and president. Far from being the easygoing and pliant figure often depicted by his critics, Eisenhower is revealed here as a complex, tough-minded and highly capable man, one who rose to the top of the world's most competitive profession, the modern military. His career as a soldier would prove to be an excellent preparation for most, though not all, of the major challenges he faced as America's thirty-fourth president. Eisenhower's letters and diaries—many of them never seen by previous biographers—have contributed profoundly to this groundbreaking work. So, too, have dozens of interviews with people who knew him well. These fresh sources have made it possible to resolve many intriguing questions that have, until now, been matters only of speculation and rumor: Did he have an affair with Kay Summersby, his wartime driver? Why did he have so much trouble with Field-Marshal Montgomery? Did the Columbia University trustees appoint him by accident, as campus whispers claimed, in a bungled attempt to offer the university presidency to his brother Milton? Just how did he bring the Korean War to an end within months of becoming president? What did he really think of Richard Nixon? Geoffrey Perret, the author of Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur, as well as There's a War to Be Won, an acclaimed history of the United States Army in World War II, is uniquely qualified to write this new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a work that is worthy of its remarkable and controversial subject.