Arnhem Operation Market Garden, September 1944 |
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| Author:
| Clark, Lloyd |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7509-2835-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Publisher: | Sutton Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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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, 20,000 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 ......
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, 20,000 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 ......