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Air war market garden. Volume One, The build up to the beginning / Martin Bowman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowman, Martin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (444 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- South Yorkshire, [England] : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2012.
- Summary:
- This is the first volume of a most impressive tribute and accurate four part work that uniquely presents a complete account of the air operations throughout 'Market-Garden' in September 1944 when British, US and Polish airborne troops made a gallant attempt to seize and hold bridges across the Lower Rhine in Holland as a springboard for crossing into Germany. 'Market', the aerial side of the proceedings, was at the time the largest airborne operation in history. In this unprecedented and insightful account, the exploits of the First Allied Airborne Army are relayed in full detail; supplemented
- Contents:
- Other volumes in this series; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter 1 - 'Mad Tuesday'; Chapter 2 - The 'Stillborn Army'; Chapter 3 - Moskitopanik!; Chapter 4 - Waking Skies At Sunrise; Chapter 5 - Stand Up and Hook Up!; Chapter 6 - The Moffen Are Coming!; Chapter 7 - We've Got To Get the Bridge!; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL, viewed October 30, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781783468874
- 1783468874
- OCLC:
- 867929246
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