Operation Market Garden:

Operation Market Garden: Leopoldsburg-Eindhoven-Nijmegen-Arnhem-Oosterbeek (Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide)

Like the other books in the Holts' acclaimed Battlefield Guide Series (see inside front cover for details) this is much more than just a guidebook. It charts in fascinating detail what happened at each recommended stop and brings alive, with cameos and personal recollections, the dramatic events of September 1944.â€¨â€¨It is the very first detailed guide to chart the entire MARKET-GARDEN Corridor - from Leopoldsburg in Belgium and over the important bridges at the Scheldt-Maas Canal, the Wilhelmina Canal, the Zuid Willemsvaart Canal, the Maas and the Waal to the Bridge at Arnhem over the Lower Rhine - the 'Bridge Too Far'.â€¨â€¨There are stories of gallantry, despair, humour, fear and dogged persistenceâ€¨â€¨- here was a hidden execution ground and cemetery in Belgiumâ€¨- here Pfc Joe Mann threw himself onto a grenade to save his buddiesâ€¨- here the 504th PIR made the daring crossing over the Waalâ€¨- here was Diogenes, the Germans' menacing secret bunkerâ€¨- here twin brothers of the British Airborne were killed togetherâ€¨- here Colonel Johnny Frost clung on for 4 desperate daysâ€¨â€¨This third edition includes:â€¨â€¨â€¢ An UPDATE Section with GPS locations, new/changed Memorials, Museums and Tourist Informationâ€¨â€¢ An Approach Route and five recommended timed Itinerariesâ€¨â€¢ Sketch maps in all the Itinerariesâ€¨â€¢ Memorials to the liberating Allies and the suffering Civiliansâ€¨â€¢ Museums, sites of DZs and LZsâ€¨â€¢ Allied and German Cemeteries and Information on their War Graves Associationsâ€¨â€¢ Historical background to and summary of the Operationâ€¨â€¢ Holland after the battles to the present dayâ€¨â€¢ Information on Veterans' and Commemorative Associations and Eventsâ€¨â€¢ Useful tourist informationâ€¨â€¢ Full colour illustrations throughout
Country USA
Manufacturer Pen & Sword Military
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2020-01-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Pen & Sword Military
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2020-01-31
Format	Kindle eBook

Operation Market Garden: Leopoldsburg-Eindhoven-Nijmegen-Arnhem-Oosterbeek (Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide)

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