Part of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 507 Parachute Infantry Regiment was tasked with seizing bridges over the River Merderet on D Day.
This large format colorfully illustrated new book gives a detailed history of 507 PIR for the first time. It draws particularly on the recollections of veterans of the regiment, together with many photographs published here for the first time. The 507 PIR's heroic engagements from Normandy, to the Ardennes and finally to the battle of the Ruhr Pocket are all covered in great detail.
- ISBN10 2840481642
- ISBN13 9782840481645
- Publish Date 19 September 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 December 2016
- Publish Country FR
- Imprint Editions Heimdal
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 120
- Language English