Author: Powell, Geoffrey, Title: THE DEVIL'S BIRTHDAY - The Bridges to Arnhem, 1944.
Description: Macmillan Papermac, 1985, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xii], 276pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, an account of Operation Market Garden, the attempt in September 1944 to secure an open road, 'Hell's Highway', through enemy occupied Holland to the edge of Germany, by seizing a series of bridges by airborne troops and holding them until ground support arrived, the first book to tell the story of the complete operation, based on wide reserach as well as the author's own experiences of fighting at Arnhem, sl. colour loss at tail of spine, edges tanned, very good plus,
Keywords: war ww2 airborne parachute campaign arnhem operation market garden holland germany rhine eindhoven nijmegen xxx corps
Price: GBP 9.00 = appr. US$ 12.85 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 41854
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