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Arnhem

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#322415
Titel	Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 and 1945: The Greatest Airborne Battle in History
Auteur	Clark, Lloyd
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Headline Review
Jaar van uitgave	2008
ISBN10	0755336364
ISBN13	9780755336364
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with photographs in b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	In September 1944, the river Rhine was a serious barrier to the advancing Allied armies in the West who were intent on charging Berlin and ending the war. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery decided to utilise the First Allied Airborne Army, consisting of British, American and Polish troops. Codenamed Operation Market Garden, 40,000 paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines while ground forces linked to relieve them. But, due to bad weather and German resistance, the operation failed. In March 1945, a second attempt was planned: Operation Varsity Plunder. Again Montgomery led the assault and ground troops were employed to make the river crossing while paratroopers dropped to secure the east bank of the Rhine. This time the plan worked. Despite extremely heavy fighting, the combined airborne and ground forces achieved their objectives, cracking the German line.
Pagina's	415
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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