Bøker av Xavier Van Daele

Referring to John Deere nowadays inevitably brings to mind the company that gave its name to the imposing tractors and other agricultural machines that we encounter on our roads or in our fields. Indeed, the leaping deer, famous emblem of the Deere & Company, whose headquarters is located in Moline, Illinois in the United States, now adorns agricultural equipment (tractors, combine harvesters, etc...) but also forestry and public works equipment in more than 28 countries around the world. The John Deere Company is proud to be one of the oldest American companies, founded in 1868 by John Deere in the small state of Vermont. Afterwards, the brand spread and reached Europe from 1956. What is less known is that during World War II, one of the most precious goods exported across the Atlantic by the company was highly skilled manpower. Thus was born, in August 1942, the 608th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion, more commonly known as the John Deere Battalion. Ordnance being the branch in the US Army that supplies, tests, maintains, and repairs all vehicles and armaments. This book pays tribute to the men who worked, sometimes at the risk of their lives, for our freedom.

Moins connue que ces deux grandes soeurs que sont les82nd et 101st Airborne Division, la 17th Airborne n'a pas démérité. Engagées dans la Seconde Guerre Mondial de1942 à 1945, elle participa à trois campagnes. Durant ces45 jours de combat, elle va totaliser plus de 6130 victimes pour un effectifs de départ de plus ou moins 10.000hommes.Ce livre raconte l'histoire de cette division au travers de nombreux témoignages d'hommes qui en ont fait partie.