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Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2) - The British Airborne Missions

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Type: Softcover

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

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Product Info

Title
Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2) - The British Airborne Missions
Publisher
Category
Author
Ken Ford
Publish Year
2016
Pages
96
Dimensions
7x9x.5"
NKG Part #
2147649351
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM301
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM301

Description

With Germany being pushed back across Europe the Allied forces looked to press their advantage with Operation Market-Garden, a massive airborne assault that, if successful, could have shortened the war in the west considerably. The ground advance consisted of an armoured thrust by the British XXX Corps, while the US 82nd and 101st US Airborne Divisions secured the bridges at Eindhoven and Nijmegen and the British 1st Airborne Division and Polish 1st Airborne Brigade were tasked with seizing the final bridge at Arnhem to secure the route. What they did not realise was that the 9. SS and 10. SS-Panzer Divisions were nearby, ready to reinforce the local garrison and fend off the Allied assault.

Focusing on the role played by these British and Polish troops, Ken Ford examines Operation Market-Garden in its entirety, from the early planning through to the early setbacks and eventual catastrophic conclusion.