Free shipping on all orders over $79* Limited Time Only
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Division Leclerc : The Leclerc Column and Free French 2nd Armored Division, 1940-1946 - Merlin Robinson

Division Leclerc

The Leclerc Column and Free French 2nd Armored Division, 1940-1946

By: Merlin Robinson, Col Thomas Seignon, Mr Raffaele Ruggeri (Illustrator)

eBook | 27 December 2018 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

eBook

RRP $23.99

$22.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $5.75 with

Instant Digital Delivery to your Kobo Reader App

'General Leclerc' was the nom de guerre adopted by the Gaullist officer Philippe de Hautcloque, to protect his family in occupied France.

He became France's foremost fighting commander, and his armored division (the '2e DB') its most famous formation. Starting as a small scratch force of mostly African troops organised and led by Leclerc in French Equatorial Africa, it achieved early success raiding Italian and German positions in co-operation with Britain's Long Range Desert Group. Following the Allied victory in North Africa it was expanded and reorganised as a US Army-style armoured division, with American tanks and other armoured vehicles. Shipped to the UK, in spring 1944, it was assigned to Patton's US Third Army, landing in time for the Normandy breakout and being given the honour of liberating Paris in August 1944.

Combining a thorough analysis of their combat and organisation with detailed colour plates of their uniforms and equipment, this is the fascinating story of Free France's most effective fighting force.

Industry Reviews
A very interesting account with top notch artwork illustrating the colourful vehicle markings and uniforms of the division's units
on

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-FictionHistoryMilitary HistorySecond World WarRegional & National HistoryEuropean HistoryWarfare & DefenceWeapons & EquipmentMilitary VehiclesTanks & Military Land VehiclesGeneral & World HistoryEngineering & Technology
Other Technologies & Applied SciencesMilitary EngineeringSpecial & Elite Forces

More in Special & Elite Forces

Soldiers Without Borders - Ian McPhedran

eBOOK

Soldiers Without Borders

eBook

$10.99

Jungle Commandos : The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945 - Lucy Betteridge-Dyson

eBOOK

Jungle Commandos

The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945

eBook

RRP $30.09

$25.99

14%
OFF
SAS: Secret War : Operation Storm in the Middle East - Tony Jeapes

eBOOK

SAS: Secret War

Operation Storm in the Middle East

eBook

RRP $14.29

$11.99

16%
OFF
Secret Operations of World War II - Alexander Stilwell

eBOOK

Secret Operations of World War II

eBook

RRP $22.04

$17.99

18%
OFF

This product is categorised by