Sainte-Mere-Eglise: Photographs of D-Day - 6 June 1944 - Hardcover

De Trez, Michel

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9782960017694: Sainte-Mere-Eglise: Photographs of D-Day - 6 June 1944

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ISBN 10: 2960017692 ISBN 13: 9782960017694

Publisher: D-Day Publishing, 2009

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This brand new large format photo history book from Michel de Trez contains not only hundreds of never before published period photographs taken at Ste-Mere-Eglise in early June 1944 but also numerous colour pictures of the equipment and uniforms of the men who fought for the liberation of Ste-Mere-Eglise. This includes famous General Matthew Ridgway's proudly retained helmet and illustrious Lieutenant Dick Winters' D-Day equipment. “Readers of Michel de Trez's books know that they are in for an absolute treat with this new book. Impeccably researched and fabulously illustrated, this latest massive book on American Airborne forces is packed with an enormous amount of material on the operations, the soldiers, their uniforms and equipment. Michel de Trez has unique access to veteran`s archives as well as being a meticulous researcher. It is unlikely there will ever be another book on Sainte-Mere-Eglise which is so well researched and presented.” General Jack Norton, USA ret, 505 PIR

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This brand new large format book from Michel de Trez contains not only hundreds of never before published period photographs taken at Ste-Mere-Eglise early June 1944 but also numerous color pictures of equipment and uniforms that fought for the liberation of Ste-Mere-Eglise. This includes General Matthew Ridgway's famous helmet and Dick Winters' D-Day equipment. (the later jumping very close from Ste-Mere-Eglise). Michel de Trez's books have rightly earned a worldwide reputation for excellent, highly detailed content and spectacular presentation of the subject matter. Previous books by Michel include: 'American Warriors', 'At the Point of No Return' and 'First Airborne Taskforce' (in large hardback format and 'The Way we Were' series of 81/2 x 11 paperbacks, including books on Doc McIlvoy, Ben Vandervoort, Forrest Guth and Bob Piper. All these books are also available exclusively from Casemate. REVIEWS

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Readers of Michel de Trez's books know that they are in for an absolute treat with this new book. Impeccably researched and fabulously illustrated, this latest massive book on our American Airborne forces is packed with an enormous amount of material on the operations, the soldiers, their uniforms and equipment. Michel de Trez has unique access to veteran`s archives as well as being a meticulous researcher. It is unlikely there will ever be another book on Sainte Mere Eglise which is so well researched and presented. Source: General Jack Norton, USA ret, 505 PIR

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