Bibliograph

The battle of Arnhem

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The battle of Arnhem

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The battle of Arnhem

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Summary

In this book, Christopher Hibbert, one of Britain's foremost historians, tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944 on Dutch soil and made famous in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far. Nine thousand men of the First British Airborne Division were parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded Arnhem. Their objective was to capture and hold the bridge over the Rhine ahead of the advancing British Second Army. Nine days later, after some of the fiercest street-fighting of the war, 2,000 paratroopers managed to escape to safety. This is the vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy

Target audience

adult

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