Crossing the Rhine
Subtitle: breaking into Nazi Germany, 1944 and 1945 : the greatest airborne battles in history
By: Lloyd Clark.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780871139894
Subjects: Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Netherlands; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Belgium; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Luxembourg; World War, 1939-1945 -- Airborne troops
Description: A British military historian offers an in-depth account of two critical offensives led by Allied troops against the Nazi power base on the Rhine, examining the strategies, military leaders, and campaign of the two airborne assaults, the events leading up to combat, the power struggle among Allied leadership, and the results of the battles on the war's outcome.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-403) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dramatis personae; title: The strategy of exploitation: The Allies, 25 Aug to 17 Sep 1944; title: Withdrawal: The Germans, 25 Aug to 17 Sep 1944; title: Chasing the dream: airborne warfare and its soldiers: the birth of parachuting to Summer 1944; title: Stitching things together: planning: 10-17 Sep 1944; title: Jumping the Rhine (1): Operation market garden: 17-18 Sep 1944; title: Permieters: Operation Market Garden, 19-21 Sep 1944; title: Touching the Rhine: Operation Market Garden: 21-26 Sep 1944; title: Riposte: The Ardennes and advance to the Rhine: Oct 1944 to March 1945; title: The deluge: planning and launching plunder varsity: 10-24 March 1945; title: Jumping the Rhine (2): Operation Varsity: 24-28 March 1945.