
Free France's Lion
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From the fall of France until 1943, Philippe Leclerc dovetailed his operations with the British effort in North Africa, establishing himself as a dynamic combat leader in the battles against Rommel. But once the conflict shifted to European soil, he became even more prominent as the commander of the 2nd French Armored Division-the famous 2e DB). For the next two years, he was under the operational control of either Patton's Third Army, as in the Normandy breakout, Hodges' First Army, at the Westwall, or Patch's Seventh Army in the south.
His career not only includes the liberation of Paris, for which he is most famous, but the retaking of Strasbourg and the reduction of the Colmar Pocket. Helping to spearhead the advance into Germany itself, Leclerc's armor comprised a rock upon which American units could rely, and its waving the tricolor during the Allied counter-invasion went far toward retrieving French prestige in the war. Leclerc is one of very few Frenchmen of whom it can be said that he never stopped fighting to regain France's freedom, from the debacle of 1940 right through to the end.
The "first full-scale biography in English of the 'liberator of Paris,'" Free France's Lion will make fascinating reading for any serious student of the full scope of World War II ( Publishers Weekly).
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- Intro
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Maps
- Preface - Death in The Desert
- Chapter 1: A True Son of France
- Chapter 2: La Chute - The Fall of France
- Chapter 3: De Gaulle's Man in Africa
- Chapter 4: Annoying The Italians
- Chapter 5: Consolidating, Raiding, and Planning
- Chapter 6: A Very English Frenchman
- Chapter 7: "A Gigantic Effort is Required of Us
- Chapter 8: The 2E DB in England
- Chapter 9: First Blood - Alencon
- Chapter 10: "Mouvement Immediat Sur Paris
- Chapter 11: Dompaire and Baccarat
- Chapter 12: The Last Winter of The War
- Chapter 13: A Good End to a Good War
- Chapter 14: Indochine
- Chapter 15: Back to French North Africa
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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