Arnhem, 1944
Subtitle: a reappraisal
By: William F. Buckingham.
Series: Battles & campaigns
Publisher: Tempus
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire; Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Netherlands.
Description: On September 17, 1944, over 2,000 transport aircraft lifted off from airfields across England and set a course for Holland. They were the first wave of the largest airborne operation in history, code-named Operation Market Garden. Their task was to open a 60-mile corridor for Allied ground forces from the Belgian border to Arnhem on the Lower Rhine. Nine days later, the remnants of the British 1st Airborne Division were evacuated from a precarious foothold; 7 miles west of Arnhem, having failed utterly. William Buckinghams account, based on new research, unearths the reasons why the attack really failed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.