U.S. Go Home: The U.S. Military in France, 1945-1968

by David Egan and Jean Egan

In 1951, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, hero of the liberation of Europe, returned to Paris to command NATO forces. The US Army built a huge infrastructure across France to provide logistical support to the US Seventh Army in Germany during the Cold War. The US Air Force also sent aircraft to France to provide a nuclear deterrent to Soviet aggression. By 1962, the US military had 100,000 troops and family members living in France and employed 22,000...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764362674
• ISBN13: 9780764362675
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 5.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 8.8" x 10.8"