Description
| Product ID: | 9781910809617 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | It Never Snows in September |
| Subtitle: | The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944 |
| Authors: | Author: Robert J Kershaw |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Military history, Second World War, Military history, Second World War, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | This account of the battle of Arnhem provides a German perspective on Market-Garden and is original, penetrating and highly readable, essential for all of those interested in the history of World War 2. On the afternoon of 17 September 1944, Lieutenant Joseph Enthammer, a Wehrmacht artillery officer based in Arnhem, gazed up to the clear skies, hardly believing what he saw. White ''snowflakes'' appeared to hang in the air. ''That cannot be'' he thought. ''It never snows in September! They must be parachutists!''They were. He was witnessing the first wave of the British parachute assault on Arnhem. The war had reached the Reich. The blow moreover had come as a total surprise. The Allies had expected operation Market-Garden to bring the collapse of the Wehrmacht in the West and shorten World War II. But the Germans resolved to fight.This ground-breaking military study uniquely chronicles this period of the war through the eyes of the ordinary German soldier and analyses the reasons for the eventual outcome. A major work of military history, this new paperback edition is certain to stimulate renewed debate about one of the most controversial operations of World War II. |
| Imprint Name: | Goodall Publications Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Crecy Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-06-05 |
