Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 & 1945 by Lloyd Clark

Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 & 1945 by Lloyd Clark

In September 1944, the river Rhine was a serious barrier to the advancing Allied armies in the West who were intent on charging Berlin and ending the war. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery decided to utilise the First Allied Airborne Army, consisting of British, American and Polish troops. Codenamed Operation Market Garden, 40,000 paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines while ground forces linked to relieve them. But, due to bad weather and German resistance, the operation failed. In March 1945, a second attempt was planned: Operation Varsity Plunder. Again Montgomery led the assault and ground troops were employed to make the river crossing while paratroopers dropped to secure the east bank of the Rhine. This time the plan worked. Despite extremely heavy fighting, the combined airborne and ground forces achieved their objectives, cracking the German line.

Currently Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Lloyd Clark is one of the UK's leading military historians. He has written several books, has lectured all over the world, is a frequent guide to battlefields on four continents and has worked extensively on radio and TV as both historical adviser and interviewee.

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ISBN 13	9780755336364
ISBN 10	0755336364
Title	Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 & 1945
Author	Lloyd Clark
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Headline Publishing Group
Year published	2008-08-21
Number of pages	448
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