Arnhem (GREAT BATTLES)

Author: Christopher Hibbert
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Category: British & Irish History, Military History, World War 2 Books, Land Forces & Warfare, Battles & Campaigns, Militaria, Arms & Armour
Book Format: Paperback

Here is the true story of the events that inspired the famous film, A Bridge Too Far, told in compelling style by Christopher Hibbert, one of Britain's foremost historians.
In September, 1944, in Arnhem, Holland, what was to have been a brilliant battle-a battle meant to hasten an end to the war-instead turned into an epic tragedy. Nine-thousand men of the First British Airborne division parachuted into the countryside, behind German lines, with a mission: to capture and hold the bridge over the Rhine ahead of the advancing British Second Army. But the result was disastrous: the men faced constant bombardment. Nine days later, after some of the fiercest street fighting of the war, only 2,000 of the paratroopers managed to escape to safety.

About Christopher Hibbert
Christopher Hibbert was educated at Radley and Oxford. He served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J.H. Plumb as a writer of the highest ability, he is, in the words of The Times Educational Supplement 'perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have'. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.

(BK-9781842127278)

SKU BK-9781842127278
Barcode # 9781842127278
Brand Orion Publishing Co
Artist / Author Christopher Hibbert
Shipping Weight 0.2800kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 19.800m
Assembled Height 12.700m
Assembled Width 2.000m
Type Paperback

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