Arnhem /
by Urquhart, R. E. (Robert Elliott); Greatorex, Wilfred.
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BookPublisher: Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2007Description: xiii, 238 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781844155378 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 940.54219218Subject(s): Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944 | Warfare and Defence | Netherlands | c 1940 to c 1949 | European history | Second World War | Battles & campaignsSummary: Urquhart has told the story of those fateful nine days clearly, frankly and, despite the terrible circumstances, not without humour. It ranks as an important work, describing an operation which opened with such high hopes and left its name forever as a feat of the highest endurance and valour. Major-General Urquhart commanded the 1st British Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden, the greatest airbone assault of World War II, the struggle to capture Arnhem and win control of the bridge across the lower Rhine. The story of the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem involved not only an Airborne Corps of three Divisions but also the bulk of the British 2nd Army in Europe. Gen. Urquhart has told the story of those fateful nine days clearly, frankly and, despite the terrible circumstances, not without humour. It ranks as an important work, describing an operation which opened with such high hopes and left its name forever as a feat of the highest endurance and valour.
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| 940.5421 THO Dunkirk: | 940.5421 TOO The manner of men: 9 PARA's heroic D-Day mission | 940.5421 WHI Whicker's war | 940.54219218 Arnhem / | 940.5423 MOR The men who made the SAS / | 940.5423 SAD El Alamein 1942: | 940.5423 STR The phantom army of Alamein: how Operation Bertram and the Camouflage Unit hoodwinked Rommel |
Originally published: London: Cassell, 1958.
Includes index.
Urquhart has told the story of those fateful nine days clearly, frankly and, despite the terrible circumstances, not without humour. It ranks as an important work, describing an operation which opened with such high hopes and left its name forever as a feat of the highest endurance and valour. Major-General Urquhart commanded the 1st British Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden, the greatest airbone assault of World War II, the struggle to capture Arnhem and win control of the bridge across the lower Rhine. The story of the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem involved not only an Airborne Corps of three Divisions but also the bulk of the British 2nd Army in Europe. Gen. Urquhart has told the story of those fateful nine days clearly, frankly and, despite the terrible circumstances, not without humour. It ranks as an important work, describing an operation which opened with such high hopes and left its name forever as a feat of the highest endurance and valour.
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