Arnhem Battlefields Map
Author: John Waddy
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Published: 1999
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Author: John Waddy
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Published: 1999
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Waddy
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2010-04-06
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1783460970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough the Battle of Arnhem was fought over sixty years ago. It still evokes such interest that it would seem to rank with the great victories of Agincourt, Trafalgar, Waterloo and the Battle of Britain, all of which proved to be turning points in the history of our nation. Arnhem was not a victory, but its outcome may have had results equally vital to the more recent history of the world. To many people the Battle of Arnhem was the Battle of Arnhem Bridge, which has now passed into history as "The Bridge Too Far". This is understandable, for the bridge was the main objective of the 1st British Airborne Division. The north end was captured and held for three days, thus denying its use to the Germans, which proved crucial to the success gained by the rest of Operation Market Garden. As a battle guide this book leaves nothing out, illustrated with maps and photographs, the author takes the reader through the battle with extensive use of first hand accounts.
Author: Tonie Holt
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780850527858
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide to the area of the Arnhem operation features hundreds of color photographs, detailed tours of all the monuments and battle sites, and a large color map in addition to numerous ones in the text. Besides tourists, re-enactors, gamers and readers fascinated with the drama of the Arnhem epic will find this an invaluable guide.
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 225
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tonie Holt
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Published: 2001-11
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ISBN-13: 9780951130094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeatures a road map of the Arnhem battlefield showing the airborne drop zones, the route taken by the land forces as they tried to reach the Arnhem bridge and the locations of over 300 memorials, cemeteries and points of interest over the Market Garden area.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chris Brown
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2019-09-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780750992206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArnhem 1944 remains the greatest airborne battle of all time - this is the ultimate companion to that battle
Author: Tonie Holt
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2013-07-18
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1781593787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLike the other books in the Holts' acclaimed Battlefield Guide Series (see inside front cover for details) this is much more than just a guidebook. It charts in fascinating detail what happened at each recommended stop and brings alive, with cameos and personal recollections, the dramatic events of September 1944.??It is the very first detailed guide to chart the entire MARKET-GARDEN Corridor - from Leopoldsburg in Belgium and over the important bridges at the Scheldt-Maas Canal, the Wilhelmina Canal, the Zuid Willemsvaart Canal, the Maas and the Waal to the Bridge at Arnhem over the Lower Rhine - the 'Bridge Too Far'.??There are stories of gallantry, despair, humour, fear and dogged persistence??- here was a hidden execution ground and cemetery in Belgium?- here Pfc Joe Mann threw himself onto a grenade to save his buddies?- here the 504th PIR made the daring crossing over the Waal?- here was Diogenes, the Germans' menacing secret bunker?- here twin brothers of the British Airborne were killed together?- here Colonel Johnny Frost clung on for 4 desperate days??This third edition includes:?? An UPDATE Section with GPS locations, new/changed Memorials, Museums and Tourist Information? An Approach Route and five recommended timed Itineraries? Sketch maps in all the Itineraries? Memorials to the liberating Allies and the suffering Civilians? Museums, sites of DZs and LZs? Allied and German Cemeteries and Information on their War Graves Associations? Historical background to and summary of the Operation? Holland after the battles to the present day? Information on Veterans' and Commemorative Associations and Events? Useful tourist information? Full colour illustrations throughout
Author: Martin Middlebrook
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 0811708268
DOWNLOAD EBOOK* Exciting overview of the World War II battle made famous by the classic movie and book A Bridge Too Far * Boots-on-the-ground story of British paratroopers fighting off Germans in Holland during Operation Market Garden * Masterly analysis of why the operation failed * Draws from the personal experiences of more than 500 participants * Written by an accomplished military historianMartin Middlebrook has written numerous works of military history, including the classic The First Day on the Somme (978-1-84415-465-4). He lives in England
Author: Antony Beevor
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2018-05-17
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 0141941294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sunday Times #1 Bestseller The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad 'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . . his fans will love it' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard 'The eye for telling detail which we have come to expect from Antony Beevor. . . this time, though, he turns his brilliance as a military historian to a subject not just of defeat, but dunderhead stupidity' Daily Mail On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop power. Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept: the Americans thought it unusually bold for Field Marshal Montgomery. But could it ever have 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. The British fascination with heroic failure has clouded the story of Arnhem in myths. Antony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, British, American, Polish and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student himself called 'The Last German Victory'. Yet this book, written in Beevor's inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single, dramatic battle. It looks into the very heart of war. 'In Beevor's hands, Arnhem becomes a study of national character' - Ben Macintyre, The Times 'Superb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written' - Saul David, Daily Telegraph 'Complete mastery of both the story and the sources' - Keith Lowe, Literary Review 'Another masterwork from the most feted military historian of our time' - Jay Elwes, Prospect Magazine 'The analysis he has produced of the disaster is forensic' - Giles Milton, Sunday Times 'He is a master of his craft . . . we have here a definitive account' - Piers Paul Read, The Tablet