Battle for Arnhem 1944-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

During World War II, Operation Market Garden was an ambitious attempt by the Allies to capture the last bridge at Arnhem in the Netherlands. This operation involved three parachute drops and one armoured charge, with the goal of providing a back door into Germany. Despite the valiant efforts of British and American parachutists and glider troops, the operation failed, resulting in one of the most controversial battles of the war. This book provides a detailed photographic history of the operation, focusing on the efforts of the US 101st and 82nd airborne divisions to hold off counterattacks by German battlegroups during the tanks' advance. The photographs offer a dramatic insight into all sides of the operation and the men who were involved, and have become a valuable resource for historians and military enthusiasts alike.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 03 April 2019
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Operation Market Garden, September 1944, the Netherlands. Three parachute drops and one armoured charge. The prize was the last bridge at Arnhem over the Neder Rijn. Taken intact, it would provide the Allies with a back door into Germany - the famous "Bridge Too Far." This was one of the most audacious and imaginative operations of the war, and it failed. Anthony Tucker-Jones' photographic history is a vivid introduction to it. In a sequence of almost 200 archive photographs accompanied by a detailed narrative, he describes the landing of British and American parachutists and glider troops. At the same time, British tanks spearheaded a sixty-mile dash along "Hell's Highway" to link up with the lightly armed and heavily outnumbered airborne forces. Most books about the resulting battle concentrate on the struggle at Arnhem and the heroism of the British 1st Airborne Division. This book puts that episode in its wider context. In particular, it focuses on the efforts of the US 101st and 82nd airborne divisions to hold off counterattacks by German battlegroups during the tanks' advance. The photographs give a dramatic insight into all sides of a remarkable but ill-fated operation that has fascinated historians and been the subject of controversy ever since. They also portray, as only photographs can, the men who were involved and the places and conditions in which the fighting took place.

Weight: 392g
Dimension: 244 x 196 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526730015