The Paratrooper Generals: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day Through Normandy

by Mitchell A. Yockelson

Generals during World War II usually stayed to the rear, but not Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor. During D-Day and the Normandy campaign, these commanders of the 82nd "All-American" and the 101st "Screaming Eagle" Airborne Divisions refused to remain behind the lines and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their paratroopers in the thick of combat. Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Ridgway and Taylor fought on the ground for six...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811738558
• ISBN13: 9780811738552
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"