Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 & 1945 Paperback / softback
by Lloyd Clark
Paperback / softback
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An insightful and gripping account of the largest airborne operation in 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, asecond attempt was planned: Operation Varsity Plunder.
This time the plan worked. Despite extremely heavy fighting, they cracked the German line.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 16pp b/w photos and maps
- Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
- Publication Date:11/06/2009
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- ISBN:9780755336371
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 16pp b/w photos and maps
- Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
- Publication Date:11/06/2009
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- ISBN:9780755336371