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Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 and 1945: The Greatest Airborne Battle in History

Door Lloyd Clark

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#322415-XB3
Titel
Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 and 1945: The Greatest Airborne Battle in History
Auteur
Clark, Lloyd
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Headline Review
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
0755336364
ISBN13
9780755336364
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting
In September 1944, the river Rhine was a serious barrier to the advancing Allied armies in the West who were intent on charging Berlin and ending the war. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery decided to utilise the First Allied Airborne Army, consisting of British, American and Polish troops. Codenamed Operation Market Garden, 40,000 paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines while ground forces linked to relieve them. But, due to bad weather and German resistance, the operation failed. In March 1945, a second attempt was planned: Operation Varsity Plunder. Again Montgomery led the assault and ground troops were employed to make the river crossing while paratroopers dropped to secure the east bank of the Rhine. This time the plan worked. Despite extremely heavy fighting, the combined airborn... (Lees verder)e and ground forces achieved their objectives, cracking the German line.
Pagina's
415
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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