Tour of the Arnhem Battlefields.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waddy, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arnhem (Netherlands)--History, Military.

Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Netherlands--Arnhem.

World War, 1939-1945--Battlefields--Netherlands--Arnhem--Guidebooks.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Netherlands--Arnhem--Guidebooks.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1939-1945--Battlefields--Arnhem--Netherlands.

World War, 1939-1945.

Arnhem (Netherlands).

Local Subjects:

Arnhem (Netherlands)--History, Military.

Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Netherlands--Arnhem.

World War, 1939-1945--Battlefields--Netherlands--Arnhem--Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen and Sword, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the Battle of Arnhem was fought over sixty years ago. It still evokes such interest that it would seem to rank with the great victories of Agincourt, Trafalgar, Waterloo and the Battle of Britain, all of which proved to be turning points in the history of our nation. Arnhem was not a victory, but its outcome may have had results equally vital to the more recent history of the world. To many people the Battle of Arnhem was the Battle of Arnhem Bridge, which has now passed into history as ""The Bridge Too Far"". This is understandable, for the bridge was the main objective of the 1st Br

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; COLOUR MAP; INTRODUCTION; BATTLEFIELD TOUR INSTRUCTIONS; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; PART I - THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM BRIDGE; STAND 1: ROAD/RAIL/TRACK JUNCTION (646810); STAND 2: ROAD AND TRACK JUNCTION (665805); STAND 3: SIDE OF ROAD BY WOOD EDGE (673814); STAND 4: BETWEEN KOUDE HERBERG CROSSROADS AND CROSSROADS UTRECHTSEWEG/WOLFHEZE (683784); STAND 5: ON THE ROAD ABOUT (706774) (WEST OF RAIL BRIDGE); STAND 6: ARNHEM BRIDGE (747769) JUST WEST OF THE BRIDGE ON GUN MEMORIAL PLATFORM.; STAND 7: AREA OF ROAD JUNCTION (708782)

STAND 8: BY THE ROAD JUST EAST OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE (714775)STAND 9A: AREA OF ROAD JUNCTION (727778); STAND 10: EAST OF ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL (729780); STAND 9B: SAME LOCATION AS STAND 9A (727778); PART II - THE BATTLE OF OOSTERBEEK; STAND 11: AREA OF CROSSROADS (633785) - SOUTH END LZ 'X'; STAND 12: NE CORNER DZ 'Y': GINKEL HEIDE (627840); STAND 13: TRACK JUNCTION NEAR JOHANNAHOEVE FARM (693797); STAND 14: ARNHEM-EDE ROAD: 400 YARDS WEST OF DE LEEREN DOEDEL CROSSROADS (699806); STAND 15: ON DREIJENSEWEG (701795) BY THE BATTLE MARKER POST; STAND 16: AREA PT 23.2 (681798)

STAND 17: TRACK JUNCTION ON BREEDELAAN (682786)STAND 18: HOLLOW IN THE WOODS (685786) AT THE BATTLE MARKER.; STAND 19: THE HARTENSTEIN HOTEL (693784); STAND 20: KOUDE HERBERG CROSSROADS (685784); STAND 21: ROAD AND TRACK JUNCTION ON VAN BORSSELENWEG (686777).; STAND 22: WESTERBOUWING CAR PARK (686690); STAND 23: CORNER OF WOOD BY ROAD (689773).; STAND 24: ROAD JUNCTION ON BENEDENDORPSWEG WITH STEENENKRUIS (707774).; STAND 25: ROAD JUNCTION WITH ACACIALAAN (704774).; STAND 26 AROUND AND ABOUT OOSTERBEEK CHURCH (696773).; STAND 27: NEAR ROAD JUNCTION (695774)

STAND 28: ON GRAAF VAN RECHTERENWEG (692794).STAND 29: ON GRAAF VAN RECHTERENWEG BY HOTEL DREIJEROORD (697792).; STAND 30: ON THE BOTHAWEG (ABOUT 693788).; STAND 31: BAKERY CROSSROADS OOSTERBEEK (695786).; STAND 32: OOSTERBEEK CROSSROADS (696784).; STAND 33: ROAD JUNCTION (698784).; STAND 34: OOSTERBEEK CROSSROADS (696784).; STAND 35: TAFELBERG HOTEL (696780).; STAND 36: ROAD JUNCTION (694780).; STAND 37: ON THE BENEDENDORPSWEG NEAR ROAD JUNCTION (695774).; STAND 38: THE EVACUATION RIVER CROSSING (693769).; PART III - THE BATTLE OF DRIEL

STAND 39: NORTH END OF POLISH PARACHUTE BRIGADE DZ. ROAD JUNCTION (694756)STAND 40: ROAD JUNCTION SOUTH-WEST OF DRIEL (680745); STAND 41: ON RIVER DYKE ROAD AT RE MEMORIAL AT ROAD JUNCTION (694764); STAND 42: AT DRIEL FERRY ON SOUTH BANK (686767); STAND 43: ON RIVER DYKE ROAD AT RE MEMORIAL BY ROAD JUNCTION (694764); PART IV - THE AFTERMATH; STAND 44: OPERATION PEGASUS I ROAD JUNCTION (864632); STAND 45: ON ROAD OVERLOOKING RIVER FLATS (867613); STAND 46: THE AIRBORNE CEMETERY, OOSTERBEEK (705790); APPENDIX A - ORDER OF BATTLE - ALLIED FORCES IN NW EUROPE

APPENDIX B - ORDER OF BATTLE - 1ST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY

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ISBN:

9781783403691

1783403691

9781783460977

1783460970

OCLC:

854974944