Hell's Highway e-bog
45,63 DKK
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This WWII history and battleground guide offers a fascinating look at the vital and infamous stretch of road through the Netherlands. After the Allied victory at Normandy, Operation Market Garden was intended to cut a path to Germany through the Netherlands. Essential to the plan was a two-lane road that came to be known as Hells Highway. This was the route that the British 3rd Guards Armored D...
E-bog
45,63 DKK
Forlag
Pen & Sword Military
Udgivet
18 maj 2009
Længde
160 sider
Genrer
HBJD
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781783036639
This WWII history and battleground guide offers a fascinating look at the vital and infamous stretch of road through the Netherlands. After the Allied victory at Normandy, Operation Market Garden was intended to cut a path to Germany through the Netherlands. Essential to the plan was a two-lane road that came to be known as Hells Highway. This was the route that the British 3rd Guards Armored Division had to advance down rapidly to relieve the American Paratroopers of the 82d Airborne at Nijmegen and the British I st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Beginning with the famous capture of Joe's Bridge by the Irish Guardsan essential preliminary action before the start of Operation Market Gardenhistorian Tim Saunders guides visitors through the seizure of bridges, the liberation of small towns, and other actions undertaken by the famous Screaming Eagles. With vivid personal accounts throughout, this guide features practical visitor information about monuments and other important sites.