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Arnhem 1944 - Operation Market Garden

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War II - Western Front

MSRP old price: $19.95


Product Info

Title
Arnhem 1944 - Operation Market Garden
Publisher
Category
Author
Stephen Badsey
Publish Year
1993
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147401231
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM024
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM24

Description

'Market Garden' was one of the most audacious, and ultimately controversial, operations of the Second World War - a joint penetration, by an armoured column and a large-scale airborne drop, to punch a decisive hole in the German defences. If it had succeeeded, the war could have ended in 1944. Yet the two-pronged attack failed in its objectives. This book details how, instead of being relieved after 48 hours as expected, British paratroopers were cut off for nine days. Facing two unexpected SS Panzer divisions the Allies were eventually evacuated across the Rhine after putting up an incredible fight: of the 10,000 men involved less than 2,000 survived. Campaigns 5, 24, 74 and 75 are also available in a single volume special edition as ‘Into the Reich’.