Arnhem : the complete story of Operation Market Garden, 17-25 September 1944
Buckingham, William F.2019
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On 21 August 1944 German Army Group B was destroyed in Normandy and Allied troops began pressing from the beachhead they had occupied since the D-Day landings. Within days British troops had liberated Brussels and reached the Dutch border. Encouraged by seeming total German collapse, the Allies gambled their resources on a high-risk strategy aimed at opening the way into Germany itself - crossing the Rhine. On the afternoon of Sunday 17 September British tanks advanced into Holland in concert with 1,534 transport aircraft and 491 gliders. The operation was dogged by bad weather, flawed planning, tardiness and overconfidence, and ended with the Arnhem crossing still in German hands despite a nine-day battle that cost the British 1st Airborne Division over two-thirds of its men. This book combines analysis and research with the words of the men who were there, and provides a comprehensive account of the battle, day by day, hour by desperate hour.
Main title:
Arnhem : the complete story of Operation Market Garden, 17-25 September 1944 / William F. Buckingham.
Author:
Buckingham, William F., author
Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
640 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781398101562 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.542192
Language:
English
BRN:
1948267
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