First to Lead<\/strong> retraces in images the epic story of the 101st Airborne Division\u2019s first combat jump in history, in Normandy. This fourth volume in the Carentan<\/em> series \u2014 conceived as a monumental ten-part work (over 3,000 pages and 4,000 photographs) \u2014 takes you into the very first hours of D-Day, around Drop Zone C at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Hiesville, where the division\u2019s command posts were established. By Michel De Trez<\/p>\n Format : 9.25 \u00d7 11.6 in \u2013 296 pages \u2013 more than 400 illustrations<\/strong><\/p>\n ISBN 978-2-9540297-7-1<\/p>\n Version : <\/strong>bilingual, in both English<\/strong> and French<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":426487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-426471","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-normandy","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Each photograph is a fragment of history. The majority of the images published here are precisely located and identified \u2014 an achievement made possible by more than thirty years of intensive research. The rigorous identification of places, men, and units brings these frozen moments back to life from the chaos of the landing.
This exceptional volume brings together several major collections of original period photographs, combined to form what is without doubt today the most impressive collection in the world dedicated to the 101st Airborne in Normandy. This unique work is the result of the collaboration between Mark Bando, the leading American historian of the division, Emmanuel Allain and Michel De Trez, founders of the D-Day Experience Museum, and numerous veterans of the division.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"