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Air War ´Market Garden´ So Near and Yet So Far
Martin Bowman
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Description for Air War ´Market Garden´ So Near and Yet So Far
Hardback. An impressive tribute and engaging history of aerial exploits throughout operation 'Market Garden'. Relays the exploits of the men engaged in the conflict and vividly describes some of the most iconic scenes and events that came to characterise 'Market Garden' - the airborne drops and dramatic parachute and glider assaults. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 images. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
This is the second volume in a meticulously researched four-part series that provides a comprehensive insight into the aerial exploits at Operation 'Market Garden' in September 1944. In an interesting method of presenting the information, the author's arrangement of British, American, Dutch and German personal narrative interspersed with factual material offers a more personalised view of the war through the eyes of the hard-pressed Allied airborne troops who were actually there in the thick of the action. They take you steadily through the bitter house-to-house fighting in Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem and the fanatical attempts to keep open the narrow ... Read more
This is the second volume in a meticulously researched four-part series that provides a comprehensive insight into the aerial exploits at Operation 'Market Garden' in September 1944. In an interesting method of presenting the information, the author's arrangement of British, American, Dutch and German personal narrative interspersed with factual material offers a more personalised view of the war through the eyes of the hard-pressed Allied airborne troops who were actually there in the thick of the action. They take you steadily through the bitter house-to-house fighting in Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem and the fanatical attempts to keep open the narrow ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781591178
SKU
V9781781591178
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About Martin Bowman
Martin Bowman is one of Britain's leading aviation authors and has written a multitude of books on World War Two and other conflicts since. Among the many titles that he has written, Pen and Sword have published The Men Who Flew The Mosquito, Duxford and the Big Wings; several guides to World War two airfields in the 'Aviation Heritage Series', ... Read more
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