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The Island: Nijmegen to Arnhem (Battleground Europe - Operation Market Garden)
Tim Saunders
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Description for The Island: Nijmegen to Arnhem (Battleground Europe - Operation Market Garden)
Paperback. Interest in Operation Market Garden never wanes. Tim Saunders discusses the apparent allied failure to capitalise on their obvious superiority when faced with the II SS Panzer Corps around the area known as The Island. Series: Battleground Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 344.
Having fought their way up fifty miles of Hell's Highway and through Nijmegen, XXX Corps was just ten miles from Arnhem and 1st British Airborne Division. The Island is flat land between the Waal at Nijmegen and the Rhine at Arnhem. The situation was increasingly bad with the remainder of II SS Panzer Corps in the area and German counter attacks on Hell's Highway preventing the Allies applying their material superiority. The Guards Armoured and then 43rd Wessex Infantry Division took turns to lead before reaching the Rhine opposite the paratroopers in the Oosterbeek Perimeter.Attempts to cross the Rhine by ... Read more
Having fought their way up fifty miles of Hell's Highway and through Nijmegen, XXX Corps was just ten miles from Arnhem and 1st British Airborne Division. The Island is flat land between the Waal at Nijmegen and the Rhine at Arnhem. The situation was increasingly bad with the remainder of II SS Panzer Corps in the area and German counter attacks on Hell's Highway preventing the Allies applying their material superiority. The Guards Armoured and then 43rd Wessex Infantry Division took turns to lead before reaching the Rhine opposite the paratroopers in the Oosterbeek Perimeter.Attempts to cross the Rhine by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Battleground Europe
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780850528619
SKU
V9780850528619
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About Tim Saunders
Tim Saunders is a professional serving soldier. He has led many battlefield tours and is now one of the our most experienced and best-selling authors with Hill 112, Nijmegen and Hell's Highway in print all in the Battleground series.
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