Arnhem 1944

On September 17, 1944, over 2,000 transport aircraft lifted off from airfields across England and set a course for Holland. They were the first wave of the largest airborne operation in history, code-named Operation Market Garden. Their task was to open a 60-mile corridor for Allied ground forces from the Belgian border to Arnhem on the Lower Rhine. Nine days later, the remnants of the British 1st Airborne Division were evacuated from a precarious foothold 7 miles west of Arnhem, having failed utterly. William Buckingham's account, based on new research, unearths the reasons why the attack really failed.

Summary

The battle of Arnhem was a major turning point in World War II. It was a gamble by Montgomery, using three airborne divisions, to capture a series of bridges across the wide rivers which separated a powerful army from the plains of northern Germany.

Product details

• Authors: William F Buckingham, William F. Buckingham
• Assisted by: Hew Strachan (Editor)
• Publisher: Tempus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2005
• EAN: 9780752431871
• ISBN: 978-0-7524-3187-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 199 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 296 g
• Series: Battles & Campaigns
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous