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The 82nd Airborne Division - known as the "All-Americans" - parachuted into history as America's first airborne division to see combat. Always at the forefront of some of the heaviest fighting in WWII, the 82nd helped spearhead the Allied drive to victory. This book is the first to tell the full combat history of these gallant All-Americans — from their first perilous night drop into Sicily to their acclaimed victory parade up New York's 5th Avenue in 1946. Currently, the 82nd remains the only active American parachute division. The 82nd Airborne Division — dubbed the All-Americans during WWI, when Sgt. Alvin York was among its soldiers — parachuted into history on July, 9, 1943, as the opening salvo in Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. This book, the first to tell the full story of the 82nd — America's first airborne division to see combat, and the only American parachute division still active today — follows these all-Americans from their first perilous drop to their victory parade up 5th Avenue in January 1946. From the shore of Sicily to the beaches of Normandy, from the Rhine to the Elbe to the German surrender and the U.S. occupation of Berlin, this is military history at its best, often told in the words of the soldiers themselves. It is a fitting — and long overdue — tribute to the valorous service of one of America's most celebrated fighting divisions.
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John Tercyak-morgan
reviewed All American All The Way The Combat History Of The 82nd Airborne Division In World War II on January 07, 2014 All American All The Way The Combat History Of The 82nd Airborne Division In World War II
This book is really entertaining and was a real treat to stumble upon after finishing Band of Brothers but not nearly having my appetite satisfied for European theater airborne warfare. The 82nd and 101st airborne divisions, along with the Ranger Battalions and the "BigRedOne" and 3rd divisions, were literally the American's spear tip in Europe during WW2, and that tip was finely sharpened. I didn't realized the caliber of training these guys had, small-arms, squad level-tactics, compas&map reading, ect.
As a division the 82nd Airborne actually saw more combat than the 101st, parachuting into and fighitng in Sicily and Italy before teaming up with the 101st in England for the Normandy drop. I'm about 60 pages past Biazzo Ridge, somewhere around 270, before I had to put it down for school ..getting butchered fending off that tiger tank battalion of the Luftwaffe Panzer Division, sheer tenacity that could be achieved only through good training and conditioning by a very select group of tough buggers
I highlight all my books and I have to say that it is also written superbly, there are no grammatical errors, not to mention that everything is very well-organized, my advice if you're not sure to get this or the other recent history of the 82nd airborne written by an entirely different author, can't remember his name, is to read Atkitson's Day of Battle along with.
If you want broad organization and tactical decision-making, first person combat, squad, platoon, company and regimental level tactics and combat and an overall history of one of the very best allied divisions in WW2, then you'll have to read this. It's superbly entertaining, gotta get that tanker jacket to get through the cold Ardennes, then i'll be going All The Way
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