$34.17
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2011
Summary
On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah beach were relying on Easy Company to secure one of the causeways that were vital if the troops were to get off the beaches and reach the solid ground of Normandy. The plane carrying many of the commanding officers was shot down, leaving Dick Winters suddenly in command of his company. But during the drop he, and many of his men, had…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091941581 |
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| ISBN-10: | 009194158X |
| Author: | Dick Winters, Cole C. Kingseed |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
[An] extraordinary memoir
Praised as an exemplar of leadership, [Winters] shows here what he did to earn that praise, and how he did it * Booklist *
[An] extraordinary memoir * H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty *
About The Author
Dick Winters
Major Dick Winters was born in Pennsylvania in 1918. He was one of the initial officers assigned to Easy Company of the 101st Airborne. Winters jumped into France on D-Day and commanded the unit now known as the Band of Brothers. Promoted to captain and then battalion commander, he led his men through the Battle of the Bulge and captured Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s Bavarian retreat. Major Winters died in January 2011.
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