The first US infantry division : allied units of World War Two : North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, The Bulge, Germany

Allied units of world war two


The 1st (US) Infantry Division


The 1st Infantry Division was established in 1917 to
participate in the fighting in France and faced the major
German offensives of 1918. During the Second World War,
it effected its first assault landing in North Africa in 1942.
Then followed the invasion of Sicily, D-Day in Normandy, the battle
of the Bulge and the conquest of the Reich, as far as Czechoslovakia.
According to the division lore, at the time, the U.S. Army
consisted of the First Infantry Division and eight million
replacements ! Thanks to hundreds of historical pictures, the reader
will follow the Big Red One's glorious path in its most
difficult assignments.

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Charbonnier, Philippe (1962-....) Charbonnier, Stephane Lavit, Stéphane (1974-....) Lavit, LAVIT-CHARBONNIER, Philippe Charbonnier, Stéphane Lavit
• Publisher: Histoire et Collections
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9782352504641
• ISBN: 978-2-35250-464-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Weight: 380 g
• Series: Allied Units of World War Two; Seconde guerre mondiale; Seconde Guerre mondiale; Allied Units of World War Two; Militaria : unit histories
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous