Four months after the Allies had landed at Normandy, the German Army was rapidly retreating from France. British Field Marshal Montgomery's audacious plan to drive deep into the heart of industrial ...
Early in the afternoon of Sept. 17, 1944, the sky over the Netherlands filled with aircraft. Before long hundreds of gliders and thousands of paratroopers were descending on drop zones in a great ...
"First published in Great Britain as Arnhem : the Battle for the Bridges, 1944"--Title page verso. NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents The chase is on! -- ...
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Battle of Arnhem: Britain’s Worst Airborne Disaster
What was meant to be a swift and decisive strike turned into one of Britain’s most costly airborne operations. In this video, I explore the Battle of Arnhem - part of Operation Market Garden - and how ...
Princess Anne today attended an emotional service honouring the brave soldiers who lost their lives 80 years ago during the Battle of Arnhem. The Airborne Memorial Service is held annually at Arnhem ...
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This is destined to be a World War II military history classic. Historian Beevor (Ardennes 1944) draws on archives, memoirs and existing scholarship to produce a top-notch WWII battle history of the ...
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