US Airborne Divisions in the ETO 1944-45

Name: US Airborne Divisions in the ETO 1944-45
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ISBN: 9781846031182

ISBN-10: 1846031184

ISBN-13: 9781846031182

Edition: 2007

Authors: Steven J. Zaloga, Duncan Anderson, Marcus Cowper, Nikolai Bogdanovic

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The delivery of entire divisions to battlefields behind enemy lines by parachute and glider was a unique feature of World War II. Failures at D-Day landings necessitated that, in order to avoid severe dispersion of paratroopers, US tactics be rethought and daylight airdrops be implemented. The new tactics were first put to the test in September 1944, with the landings by the 82d and 101st Airborne divisions as part of OperationMarket Garden. Although the US landings were successful, the operation as a whole failed to secure its objectives. Nevertheless, both divisions subsequently played a vital defensive role withstanding the German Ardennes offensive. By 1945, another division had…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 3/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 7.29" wide x 9.84" long x 0.22" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction


Combat mission


Preparation for war: doctrine and training


Lessons learned


Training


Unit organization


Parachute infantry regiment


Glider infantry regiment


Airborne artillery Airborne engineer battalion


Airborne anti-aircraft battalion


Airborne tank battalion


Airborne weapons and equipment


Troop carrier organization


Airborne tactics: the navigation problem


Command and control


Tactics


Operation Neptune: night drop over Normandy


Operation Dragoon: the champagne campaign


Operation Market: paving the way to a bridge too far


Operation Varsity: bouncing the Rhine


Assessing the combat record


Unit status


82nd Airborne Division


101st Airborne Division


17th Airborne Division


13th Airborne Division


1st Provisional Airborne Task Force (Seventh Army Provisional Airborne Division)


Further reading


Official studies and reports


Books


Glossary


Index