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Arnhem 1944
Operation Market Garden
by Badsey, Stephen
The Allied plan 'Market Garden' was one of the most audacious, and ultimately controversial operations of the WWII - a joint penetration, by an armoured column and a large-scale airborne drop, to punch a decisive hole in the German defenses. If it had succeeded, the war could have ended in 1944.Yet the two-pronged attack failed in its objectives. This book details how, instead of being relieved after 48 hours as expected, British paratroopers were for various unfortunate reasons cut off for nine days. Facing two unexpected SS Panzer divisions, the Allied troops were eventually evacuated across the Rhine, after putting up an incredible fight. Of the 10,000 men involved, less than 2,000 survived.
Paperback, 96 pages, Maps, chronology, index, richly illustrated.
USD 18.95 / CAD 22.95