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First Airborne Task Force: Pictorial History of the Allied Paratroopers in the Invasion of Southern France

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My father was a member of the Task Force Headquarters and made the invasion of Southern France so I bought a copy of the book for his birthday as a special surprise. He spent several days pouring through the pages looking at pictures of people he knew and place he experienced. I had no idea that this book was so thorough and informative with so many veteran's first hand accounts. As a military historian, I was overwhelmed with the sheer volume of information and images crammed into this book. I can honestly say that this book was well worth the money!

Since I started modeling wwii sceneries a couple of years ago I have been looking for books like this one. It contains the exact amount of information anyone needs to recreate an accurate scene of one of the units in the book. Even more, I am working on a project to recreate the course of action of one of the units described in the book, the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion. In this book I found pictures taken during the jump into the provence and it helped me to make a fairly accurate map of the path these paratroopers followed during the war. I never thought I'ld find a book with this kind of info anywhere. Like said in other reviews, it is well worth the money.

In his latest offering, De Trez has gotten away from showing his impressive collection, and added an incredible amount of period photos. This volume is almost 3 times the size of either of his previous ones. Tons and tons of photos, organized by unit are here. Of course, there is more of his collection but in a much nicer ratio. An excellent research tool for collectors and historians.