Arnhem

Cassell's Fields of Battle

by A.D. Harvey

In 1944, United States and British airborne divisions landed behind German lines to seize the canal and river crossings between Eindhoven and Arnhem. But at Arnhem, "the bridge too far," the British 1st Airborne was surrounded and subjected to a week of unbridled bombardment. Fewer than a quarter of the troops survived. A new interpretation of this most famous World War II action vividly reveals how an operation meant to shorten the war by months failed so tragically. With excellent maps and period photography.

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Cam Torrens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arnhem thrusts readers into the middle of one of World War II's most daring and ill-fated operations. AD Harvey skillfully reconstructs the dramatic events of the Battle of Arnhem, where Allied forces attempted to secure a strategic bridge in the Netherlands. With minute detail and historical accuracy, Harvey colorfully relates the heroism, strategic blunders, and the human toll of this operation.