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As savage battles rage for possession of \"Hell's Highway\", the airborne battle is lost and on September 26 the survivors of lst Airborne are evacuated back across the Rhine.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49733003280657,"sku":"NGR9781870067454","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50232769478929,"sku":"GOR006267092","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1870067452.jpg?v=1750768518"},{"product_id":"operation-market-garden-then-and-now-book-karel-margry-9781870067393","title":"Operation Market-garden Then and Now","description":"Volume 1 covers the mounting of the operation and the crucial first two days of the battle. The story opens with the planning and preparation of the double undertaking - of \"Market\" by the newly created First Allied Airborne Army in the UK and \"Garden\" by the British Second Army on the Belgian-Dutch border. The scene then switches to describe the German military situation in the Netherlands on the eve of battle. The massive initial airborne landings of September 17, 1944, are then recounted with equal attention to each of the three airborne divisions involved. The break-out battle by the Guards Armoured Division, spearhead of the ground army, is likewise illustrated with a wealth of photographs. The second day of the operation, September 18, sees the Guards reaching the 101st Airborne at Eindhoven, making their first contact with the airborne army.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50295778279697,"sku":"GOR006167367","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1870067398.jpg?v=1751155005"},{"product_id":"battle-for-kharkov-book-karel-margry-9781036150525","title":"The Battle for Kharkov","description":"Kharkov, Ukraine's second-largest city, was a major industrial hub and a key centre for Soviet tank development during the Second World War. Its strategic importance made it a focal point of intense conflict during Operation Barbarossa, changing hands four times between October 1941 and August 1943.The Germans first captured Kharkov in October 1941, but its factories and machinery had been evacuated. The Red Army liberated the city in May 1942 after heavy losses, with over 170,000 soldiers killed and 106,000 wounded. In February 1943, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein led a counter-offensive during the Third Battle of Kharkov, retaking the city through brutal urban combat, marking one of Germany's last significant victories on the Eastern Front.However, in August 1943, the Red Army's Belgorod-Kharkov offensive forced the Germans to surrender the city. This Fourth Battle of Kharkov, described by Winston Churchill as one of the war's decisive battles alongside Kursk and Orel, marked the turning point of Germany's defeat in the East.Karel Margry's analysis delves into these pivotal battles, highlighting their significance in shaping the outcome of Hitler's invasion and underscoring the immense human cost of the Soviet-German conflict.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51758179942673,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51758180401425,"sku":"NGR9781036150525","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"french-sas-in-holland-book-karel-margry-9781036183271","title":"The French SAS in Holland","description":"On the night of 7\/8 April 1945, the Allies in the West launched Operation Amherst. The last airborne operation of the war in Europe, it saw some 700 men of the 3rd (French) and 4th (French) SAS Battalions, part of the Special Air Service Brigade, parachuted into north-eastern Holland. They were to assist the First Canadian Army’s advance to the North Sea by creating maximum confusion behind the German lines and securing vital road bridges.  Dropped from a high altitude, in strong winds, and with navigation faltering, the men were widely dispersed, often landing in the wrong spot. But, nonetheless, the French went into battle with vigour and audacity, laying ambushes, attacking headquarters and seizing bridges. Although they were to be relieved by the ground forces within 72 hours, several sticks had to hold out for much longer before the ground troops reached them. It was 14 April – a full week after the landings – when the last men reported back in.  Amherst was an operation that was costly for both sides. The two SAS battalions claimed a total of 269 enemy soldiers killed, 70 wounded and 187 taken prisoner; the actual number of Germans killed was in fact much lower, about 40. In material damage they claimed 29 enemy vehicles destroyed or captured and three railway lines cut. The French parachutists’ own losses added up to 33 killed, 35 wounded and 92 missing – a grand total of 160, meaning a loss rate of nearly a quarter of the men. Though Allied commanders at the time generally judged the operation a success, post-war assessment has been more critical.  This book tells the full story of this little-known SAS operation. It is an account illustrated with a remarkable collection of rare combat photos, each of them accompanied by their present-day comparisons – the format for which After the Battle is famous.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53478525600017,"sku":"NGR9781036183271","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781036183271.jpg?v=1777501457"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-karel-margry.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}