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Sto caricando le informazioni... Division Leclerc: The Leclerc Column and Free French 2nd Armored Division, 1940–1946 (Elite)di Merlin Robinson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This particular number in this Osprey series is rather different, in that it's as much a military life of Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, as it is a history of the unit he created and led. Apart from organizational details and combat history, you will also get a good examination of the the organizational politics of the unit, and the stresses of combining those men who stayed loyal to Petain and those who took up the Cross of Lorraine. Frankly, one might like to see Osprey publish more histories of divisional-sized units in this format. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"General Leclerc" was thenom de guerre adopted by the Gaullist officer Philippe de Hautcloque, to protect his family in occupied France. He became France's foremost fighting commander, and his armored division (the '2e DB') its most famous formation. Starting as a small scratch force of mostly African troops organized and led by Leclerc in French Equatorial Africa, it achieved early success raiding Italian and German positions in cooperation with Britain's Long Range Desert Group. Following the Allied victory in North Africa it was expanded and reorganized as a US Army-style armored division, with American tanks and other armored vehicles. Shipped to the UK, in spring 1944, it was assigned to Patton's US Third Army, landing in time for the Normandy breakout and being given the honor of liberating Paris in August 1944. Combining a thorough analysis of their combat and organization with detailed color plates of their uniforms and equipment, this is the fascinating story of Free France's most effective fighting force. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)940.541244092History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Operations and unitsClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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