US Airborne Divisions in the Eto 1944-45

The delivery of entire divisions to battlefields behind enemy lines by parachute and glider was a unique feature of World War II. By the end of the war the US Army deployed the largest airborne force in the world, created in only three years, and boasting such impressive units as the 82nd "All American" and 101st "Screaming Eagles." This book details the organization and operation history of these units throughout the war in Northwest Europe from 1944 to 1945, covering the desperate night drops over Normandy in support of the D-Day invasions, through the capture of Nijmegen during Operation Market-Garden to Operation Varsity, the last great airborne operation of the war to secure the crossing of the Rhine.

About the author

Steven J. Zaloga is a senior analyst for Teal Group Corp., an aerospace consulting firm, where he covers missile and drone technology as well as international arms transfers for clients in the aerospace industry and the government. He served for more than two decades as an adjunct staff member with the Strategy, Forces, and Resources division of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank, retiring in 2021. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.Duncan Anderson MBE was head of war studies at Sandhurst Academy. He served as a founding academic mentor at the Iraqi Military Academy and later the Afghan National Army Officers’ Academy and his publications include The Battle for Manila (with R. M. Connaughton and John Pimlott, 1995), The World at War, 1939-45 (1998), The Fall of the Reich (2000), The Falklands War 1982 (2002), Glass Warriors: The Camera at War (2005), The Eastern Front (2018).

Product details

• Authors: Steven Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga, Steven J.. Zaloga, Zaloga Steven J.
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.2007
• EAN: 9781846031182
• ISBN: 978-1-84603-118-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Battle orders series; Battle Orders S.; Battle Orders; Battle Orders S.; Battle Orders; Battle orders series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of the Americas, Air forces and warfare, Battles & campaigns, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space