Anthony Tucker-Jones: The Devil's Bridge

Cover: 9781472839862 | The Devil's Bridge | The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944 | Tucker-Jones

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Beschreibung

In the late summer of 1944, SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm 'Willi' Bittrich found himself in the Netherlands surveying his II SS Panzer Corps, which was in a poor state having narrowly escaped the defeat in Normandy. He was completely unaware that his command lay directly in the path of a major Allied thrust: the 17 September 1944 launch of the largest airborne and glider operation in the history of warfare. Codenamed Operation Market Garden, it was intended to outflank the German West Wall and 'bounce' the Rhine at Arnhem, from where the Allies could strike into the Ruhr, Nazi Germany's industrial heartland. Such a move could have ended the war.

However, Market Garden and the battle for Arnhem were a disaster for the Allies. Put together in little over a week and lacking in flexibility, the operation became an all-or-nothing race against time. The plan to link the airborne divisions by pushing an armoured division up a sixty-five-mile corridor was optimistic at best, and the British drop zones were not only too far from Arnhem Bridge, but also directly above two recuperating SS Panzer divisions. This new book explores the operation from the perspective of the Germans as renowned historian Anthony Tucker-Jones examines how they were able to mobilise so swiftly and effectively in spite of depleted troops and limited intelligence.

Über den Autor

Anthony Tucker-Jones started his career writing for Jane's Defense Weekly and Jane's Intelligence Review. He has written a number of books on aspects of World War II and regularly appears on Sky News, ITV, Channel Four, BBC Television, BBC Radio, and the History Channel.

Zusammenfassung

Author Anthony Tucker-Jones is a highly regarded and well-recognised historian with a strong media presence.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: The Devil Rides East; Chapter 2: Rest and Homeward Bound; Chapter 3: Monty's Garden; Chapter 4: Airborne Market; Chapter 5: An Intelligence Cover Up; Chapter 6: Fierce Counterattacks; Chapter 7: Start Paddling; Chapter 8: Hell's Highway; Chapter 9: Flawed Drop; Chapter 10: Quick Reaction; Chapter 11: Arnhem lost; Chapter 12 Poles to the Rescue; Chapter 13: The Oosterbeek Cauldron; Chapter 14: Giving Up; Chapter 15: Recriminations

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9781472839862
ISBN-10:	1472839862
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Tucker-Jones, Anthony
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	241 x 161 x 35 mm
Von/Mit:	Anthony Tucker-Jones
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.06.2020
Gewicht:	0,566 kg

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