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The Normandy campaign 1944 : sixty years on
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ISBN: 0415369312 Year: 2006 Publisher: London ; New York Routledge

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SHAPE and Allied Command Europe. : Twenty years in the service of peace and security, 1951-1971
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Year: 1971 Publisher: [Fleurus : Bietlot Frères,

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Normandy to the Baltic
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Year: 1948 Publisher: London : Hutchinson,

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Normandy to the Baltic
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Year: 1947 Publisher: London ; New York : Hutchinson,

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Comrade in arms : the 57 fallen Allied soldiers of the Y-29
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ISBN: 9789464070033 Year: 2021 Publisher: Genk Jan Lantmeeters

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From November 26th, 1944 to May 27th, 1945 Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-29 Asch was used by three American Fighter Groups and one American Bomber Group. The fighters and light bombers were manned by young pilots, aged between twenty and twenty-eight years old. The often less experienced pilots were thrown into battle to attack and bomb the assigned targets. Everywhere there were the dreaded German anti-aircraft guns and German fighters planes who were defending their territory. Several Allied pilots did not return to the ALG Y-29 Asch. Some were able to eject in time from their plane with their parachute, but as soon as they landed they were captured. Others were less fortunate and crashed with their planes. Of the 57 fallen Allied soldiers, attached to ALG Y-29 Asch, 27 died after their plane was hit by anti-aircraft guns (flak), 14 died during air battle, 11 crashed, 2 by bombings on the airbase, 2 died in an accident and 1 soldier died from an unknown cause. There were several other soldiers who were severely injured, some even maimed for the rest of their lives. This edition will commemorate all Allied soldiers who gave their lives for the freedom of Europe while they were attached to ALG Y-29 Asch. = Van 26 november 1944 tot 27 mei 1945 werd het vooruitgeschoven vliegveld Y-29 Asch gebruikt door drie Amerikaanse Fighter Groups en één Amerikaanse Bomber Group. De jachtvliegtuigen en halfzware bommenwerpers werden bemand door jonge piloten met een leeftijd tussen twintig en achtentwintig jaar oud. Deze vaak weinig ervaren piloten werden in de strijd geworpen om doelen aan te vallen en te bombarderen. Overal was er het gevreesde Duitse afweergeschut dat de vliegtuigen uit de lucht schoot en ook waren de Duitse jachtvliegtuigen van de partij die hun grondgebied hard verdedigden. Verschillende geallieerde piloten keerden niet meer terug naar de Y-29 Asch. Sommigen konden tijdig hun vliegtuig verlaten om met een parachute neer te komen, waarna ze in krijgsgevangenschap eindigden. Anderen hadden minder geluk en stortten neer met hun vliegtuig. Van de 57 gesneuvelde geallieerde soldaten, verbonden aan Y-29 Asch, kwamen er 27 om nadat hun vliegtuig geraakt werd door afweergeschut (flak), 14 stierven tijdens een luchtgevecht, 11 door een crash, 2 bij een bombardement, 2 bij een ongeval en 1 soldaat stierf door een onbekende oorzaak. Daarbuiten waren er nog verschillende militairen die zwaar gekwetst waren en soms verminkt voor de rest van hun leven. Deze uitgave wil alle geallieerde soldaten herdenken die hun leven gaven voor de vrijheid van Europa terwijl ze verbonden waren aan Y-29 Asch.

Tip of the spear : an intimate account of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1942-1945 : a pictorial history
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ISBN: 9786611970017 1281970018 1554883644 9781554883646 9781459712829 145971282X 1550023888 9781550023886 Year: 2002 Publisher: Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford, England : The Dundurn Group,

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This is the story of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, established as the ""tip of the spear"" of Allied attacks in the Second World War.


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Montgomery of Alamein.
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Year: 1974 Publisher: London : Corgi books,

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The Venus fixers : the remarkable story of the allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II
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ISBN: 9780374283094 0374283095 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,

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Report by the supreme allied commander, Mediterranean, to the Combined chiefs of staff on the Italian campaign
Year: 1948 Publisher: London : His Majesty's stationery office,

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Report by the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, Field-Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Italian campaign, 12th December 1944 to 2nd May 1945
Year: 1951 Publisher: London : H. M. Stationery Off.,

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