Arnhem : the battle for the bridges, 1944
Beevor, Antony, 1946-2018
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Total copies: 2
On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aero engines. Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept. But the cost of failure was horrendous, especially for the Dutch who risked everything to help and German reprisals were cruel, lasting until the end of the war. The British fascination for heroic failure has clouded the story of Arnhem in myths, not least that victory was possible, when in fact the plan imposed by Montgomery and General 'Boy' Browning was doomed from the start. Using many overlooked and new sources from Dutch, British, American, Polish and German archives, Antony Beevor reconstructs the terrible reality of this epic clash. Yet this book is about much more than a single dramatic battle, as it examines the very heart of war.
Main title:
Arnhem : the battle for the bridges, 1944 / Antony Beevor.
Author:
Beevor, Antony, 1946-, author
Imprint:
[London] : Viking, 2018.
Collation:
xxi, 457 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-438) and index.
ISBN:
9780241326763 (trade paperback)9780670918669 (hardback)
Dewey class:
940.54219218940.542192
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
597663