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Arnhem: Operation Market Garden, September 1944

Door Lloyd Clark

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#323082-KB21
Titel
Arnhem: Operation Market Garden, September 1944
Auteur
Lloyd Clark
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Sutton : Phoenix Mill
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
0750928352
ISBN13
9780750928359
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting
Operation 'Market Garden' was the largest airborne operation in history and its aim was to end the war in Europe by Christmas 1944. On 17 September, twenty-thousand men were dropped behind enemy lines to seize a number of vital Rhine bridges in the Netherlands over which the British Second Army would advance. But they had underestimated what the enemy was still capable of achieving, and their advance was blocked by two resolute German SS Panzer divisions. Reinforcement soldiers coming by land, had been delayed by stiff German resistance and bad weather, and were eventually prevented from reaching Arnhem. This resulted in 6,000 British paratroopers being taken prisoner. The two US airborne divisions who also held their ground suffered 3,500 casualties. 'Market Garden' was an utter defeat fo... (Lees verder)r the Allies. Lloyd Clark gives a chronological overview of the operation, from its initial conception through to the end of the battle. It emphasizes both parts of the operation from the air and on the ground, as well as the participation from all parties involved - Britain, America and Poland fighting for the Allies, and also the actions of the German defenders. Lavishly illustrated with some 200 archive photographs and paintings, this book sheds new light on what actually happened in Arnhem.
Pagina's
240
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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