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Cinderella Operation

By: Cassell & Co.

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Cassell)


Product Info

Title
Cinderella Operation
Publisher
Category
Author
Gerald Rawling
Publish Year
1980
Pages
164
Dimensions
6x9x.75"
NKG Part #
2148188605
Type
Hardcover

Description

The Island of Walcheren is not a name that features heavily in histories dealing with the reconquest of Europe - the Normandy breakout battles, Arnhem, and the Battle of the Bulge all tend to overshadow it. After the successful reoccupation of France in 1944, however, and with the Allied armies advancing upon the Saar and the heartland of Germany, it became crucial to capture the port of Antwerp to relieve the problems caused by the hugely overstretched supply lines fed from the Normandy beachheads. The key to Antwerp was Walcheren.