Bibliograph

The battle of Arnhem, the deadliest airborne operation of World War II, Antony Beevor ; map illustrations by Jeff Edwards

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The battle of Arnhem, the deadliest airborne operation of World War II, Antony Beevor ; map illustrations by Jeff Edwards

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography (pages 433-439) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The battle of Arnhem

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1023045356

Responsibility statement

Antony Beevor ; map illustrations by Jeff Edwards

Sub title

the deadliest airborne operation of World War II

Summary

"On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane engines. He went out onto his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders, carrying the legendary American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and the British 1st Airborne Division. Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept, but could it have ever worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for the Dutch who risked everything to help. German reprisals were pitiless and cruel, and lasted until the end of the war. Antony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, American, British, Polish, and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student called "The Last German Victory." Yet The Battle of Arnhem, written with Beevor's inimitable style and gripping narrative, is about much more than a single dramatic battle--it looks into the very heart of war."--Inside jacket flap

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