The First (US) Infantry Division: Allied units of World War Two - Softcover

Lavit, Stephane; Charbonnier, Philippe

9782352504641: The First (US) Infantry Division: Allied units of World War Two

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ISBN 10: 2352504643 ISBN 13: 9782352504641

Publisher: Histoire et Collections, 2017

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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.

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About the Author

St�phane Lavit, born in 1974, has been a military history enthusiast and specialist of the Second World War since his young age. An adept reenactor and militaria collector, he is the founder of the Overlord.74 group

Philippe Charbonnier, born in 1962, is a journalist and editor of the French ‘Militaria Magazine,’ and specializes in the United States forces of World War Two.

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