Beginning with a case study of the greatest airborne operation of the war, the 1944 invasion of Holland, Huston examines the inception, organization, training, equipment, strategies, Allied cooperation, and overall effectiveness of the airborne in the total war effort. Operations in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, the Pacific, and the Far East are discussed. No other book brings together as much information and documentation on the airborne. Of special interest to the veterans who took part in the great paratroop and glider movements, this book will become invaluable to students of aerial warfare and of World War II.
- ISBN10 0898390559
- ISBN13 9780898390551
- Publish Date 15 March 1982
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Battery Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 327
- Language English