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The First Bridge Too Far: The Battle of Primosole Bridge 1943

Door Mark Saliger

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#333167-VF36
Titel
The First Bridge Too Far: The Battle of Primosole Bridge 1943
Auteur
Saliger, Mark
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Havertown, PA : Casemate
Jaar van uitgave
2018
ISBN10
1612006892
ISBN13
9781612006895
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, illustrated with b/w photographs, maps, 8vo.
Samenvatting
For the very first time, the Battle of Primosole Bridge is brought to life in a well-researched narrative solely dedicated to one of the bloodiest and hardest fought battles for British airborne troops of World War Two. Primosole Bridge in Sicily (13-16 July 1943) provided the stage for the first instance of opposing elite paratroopers parachuting into battle and then fighting each other in a see-saw battle raging under the blazing Mediterranean sky. It? s a story of courage and determination. A story of legendary military units and their commanders. A story that now, on the eve of its 75th Anniversary, finally needs to be told. The British paratroopers of the famed Parachute Regiment? s 1st Parachute Brigade, known as the ? Red Devils,' fought their equally esteemed German paratrooper opp... (Lees verder)onents, known as the ? Green Devils,' in a battle of attrition central to the entire success of the Allies? first invasion of Hitler? s Fortress Europe. These two sets of elite Devils fought each other to a standstill in Hellish conditions. The paratroopers found themselves cut off behind enemy lines with dwindling ammunition and ever-growing enemy forces encircling. Their courage and determination in standing up to overwhelming odds allowed the ground forces to arrive and capture the bridge in the nick of time before it was destroyed. The hard-won experience gained by the 1st Parachute Brigade was again tested only a year later at the Battle of Arnhem, the battle christened "a bridge too far." It was in fact an almost identical battle, but on a larger scale, to the ferocious fight that the British paratroopers had faced only months previously. The Battle of Arnhem is well documented. The Battle of Primosole Bridge, which provided the foundations for the men and planning for the legendary events at Arnhem, is virtually unheard of and needs to be told at last in order to honor the sacrifice of the Britain? s unsung war heroes.
Pagina's
226
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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