Rearming the French (United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services, Special Studies Volume 6)

xviii, 444 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. Includes 5 tables, 6 charts, 1 map, 45 illustrations, bibliographical note, glossary, and index. "This volume tells how the French ground, naval, and air forces available for use against the Axis from mid-1941 to the end of World War II were rearmed, trained, and committed to combat. The narrative focuses on the part played by the United States, especially by the War Department and the U.S. Army, since the commitment, while shared with the British, was largely American, and the rearmed units generally fought as part of larger American commands... The volume's 'Prologue' provides a brief review, with pertinent statistics, of the assistance similarly extended by France to an unprepared America in 1917-18... Rearming the French also describes in detail the organization, role, and activities of the various agencies involved in French rearmament and training: the Joint Rearmament Committee, the Joint Air Commission, the Rearmament Division of SHAEF, and the French Training Section." (United States Army in World War II Reader's Guide, pp. 137-8).