'The Battle of the Bridges is a seminal contribution to the gloried history and daring exploits of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment during Operation Market Garden, with special focus on the suicidal daylight crossing of the Waal River and subsequent capture of the bridges in Nimegen. ... Frank Van Lunteren’s suspenseful writing compels the reader to share the intimate, ... Read moredesperate, unbelievable struggles of American soldiers fighting, bleeding, and dying to free Holland from years of pernicious Nazi occupation. In so doing, Van Lunteren reaffirms his stature among the very best military historians documenting the U. S. 82nd Airborne during WWII. One hopes that the remaining four volumes he is writing about the 504th will maintain the same high level of artful military history presented here.'
James Louis Holt, Ph.D.
James Holt
'Frank Van Lunteren has crafted a superb book … [he] should be considered as the authority on the subject of the World War II 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He has interviewed countless veterans of the regiment and has dug deeply to find previously little known accounts of the actions of the participants in the regiment's combat … In addition to his great narrative, Frank has included a number of previously unpublished photographs of the 504th, the bridges, and the battlefields in the book. The Battle of the Bridges adds greatly to the known information of the regiment and of this battle. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the World War II history of the United States Army's airborne forces.'
Phil Nordyke, author and historian
Phil Nordyke
'A review cannot do justice to this book
it must be read!'
Col. William E. Weber, USA Ret, publisher of The Airborne Review
The Airborne Review
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