Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to Operation Market

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Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to Operation Market Garden: Leopoldsburg-Eindhoven-Nijmegen-Arnhem-Oosterbeek (Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guides)

Like the other books in the Holts' acclaimed Battlefield Guide Series (see inside front cover for details) this is much more than just a guidebook. It charts in fascinating detail what happened at each recommended stop and brings alive, with cameos and personal recollections, the dramatic events of September 1944.â€¨â€¨It is the very first detailed guide to chart the entire MARKET-GARDEN Corridor - from Leopoldsburg in Belgium and over the important bridges at the Scheldt-Maas Canal, the Wilhelmina Canal, the Zuid Willemsvaart Canal, the Maas and the Waal to the Bridge at Arnhem over the Lower Rhine - the 'Bridge Too Far'.â€¨â€¨There are stories of gallantry, despair, humour, fear and dogged persistenceâ€¨â€¨- here was a hidden execution ground and cemetery in Belgiumâ€¨- here Pfc Joe Mann threw himself onto a grenade to save his buddiesâ€¨- here the 504th PIR made the daring crossing over the Waalâ€¨- here was Diogenes, the Germans' menacing secret bunkerâ€¨- here twin brothers of the British Airborne were killed togetherâ€¨- here Colonel Johnny Frost clung on for 4 desperate daysâ€¨â€¨This third edition includes:â€¨â€¨â€¢ An UPDATE Section with GPS locations, new/changed Memorials, Museums and Tourist Informationâ€¨â€¢ An Approach Route and five recommended timed Itinerariesâ€¨â€¢ Sketch maps in all the Itinerariesâ€¨â€¢ Memorials to the liberating Allies and the suffering Civiliansâ€¨â€¢ Museums, sites of DZs and LZsâ€¨â€¢ Allied and German Cemeteries and Information on their War Graves Associationsâ€¨â€¢ Historical background to and summary of the Operationâ€¨â€¢ Holland after the battles to the present dayâ€¨â€¢ Information on Veterans' and Commemorative Associations and Eventsâ€¨â€¢ Useful tourist informationâ€¨â€¢ Full colour illustrations throughout

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	3rd ed.
EISBN	9781473826373
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Pen and Sword Military
Manufacturer	Pen and Sword Military
NumberOfPages	336
PublicationDate	2013-07-18
Publisher	Pen and Sword Military
ReleaseDate	2014-07-16
Studio	Pen and Sword Military

Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to Operation Market Garden: Leopoldsburg-Eindhoven-Nijmegen-Arnhem-Oosterbeek (Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guides)

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