Parachute Infantry - The book that inspired Band of Brothers

Paratrooper David Kenyon Webster jumped into the chaos of occupied Europe on D-Day, fighting his way through Holland and finally capturing Hitler''s Eagle''s Nest. He was the only member of Easy Company to write down his experiences as soon as he came home from war. Webster records with visceral and sometimes brutal detail what it is like to take a bullet in the leg, to fight pitched battles capturing enemy towns, and to endure long periods of boredom punctuated by sudden moments of terror. But most of all, Parachute Infantry shows how a group of comrades entered the furnace of war and came out brothers.

Summary

Paratrooper David Kenyon Webster jumped into the chaos of occupied Europe on D-Day, fighting his way through Holland and finally capturing Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest.

Product details

• Authors: David Webster
• Assisted by: Stephen E. Ambrose (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9780091957988
• ISBN: 978-0-09-195798-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Special and elite forces