Arnhem :
Clark, Lloyd, 1967-
Arnhem : jumping the Rhine, 1944 and 1945 : the greatest airborne battle in history / Lloyd Clark. - London : Headline Review, 2008. - xxviii, 415 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-403) and index.
A riveting account of the Allies' victory at Arnhem by an expert in World War Two battle tactics and history. 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 airborne and ground forces achieved their objectives, cracking the German line.
9780755336364 (hbk.) : 20.00
Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944.
Warfare and Defence.
General & world history
Military history
Netherlands
European history
History
Second World War
History
D763.N42
940.54219218
Arnhem : jumping the Rhine, 1944 and 1945 : the greatest airborne battle in history / Lloyd Clark. - London : Headline Review, 2008. - xxviii, 415 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-403) and index.
A riveting account of the Allies' victory at Arnhem by an expert in World War Two battle tactics and history. 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 airborne and ground forces achieved their objectives, cracking the German line.
9780755336364 (hbk.) : 20.00
Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944.
Warfare and Defence.
General & world history
Military history
Netherlands
European history
History
Second World War
History
D763.N42
940.54219218