Description
| Product ID: | 9781472814302 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Series: | Campaign |
| Title: | Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2) |
| Subtitle: | The British Airborne Missions |
| Authors: | Author: Ken Ford, Graham Turner |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, Air forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Air forces & warfare, Battles & campaigns, Europe, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Osprey''s trilogy on Operation Market-Garden continues with this fascinating and detailed account of the doomed British airborne assault on the bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. With Germany being pushed back across Europe, the Allied forces looked to press their advantage with Operation Market-Garden, a massive airborne assault that, if successful, could have shortened the war in the West considerably. The ground advance consisted of an armored thrust by the British XXX Corps, while the US 82nd and 101st US Airborne Divisions secured the bridges at Eindhoven and Nijmegen, and the British 1st Airborne Division and Polish 1st Airborne Brigade were tasked with seizing the final bridge at Arnhem to secure the route. What they did not realize was that the 9. SS and 10. SS-Panzer Divisions were nearby, ready to reinforce the local garrison and fend off the Allied assault. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-11-17 |
