Nijmegen
US 82nd Airborne and Guards Armoured Division
1st Edition
Published on 20. October 2008
160 pages
978-1-78346-114-1 (ISBN)
Description
This WWII battlefield guide offers a detailed history of the Allied Liberation of Nijmegen during Operation Market Garden-with maps and photos throughout.
On September 17th, 1944, the 82nd Airborne dropped Allied parachute infantry along the Waal River in the Netherlandish city of Nijmegen. Their goal was to seize the city's two major bridges and reinforce the British troops in nearby Arnhem. Though the Allied forces faced a desperate struggle, they ultimately secured both bridges and liberated the city.
This comprehensive guide offers detailed information on all of the units, personalities and actions of this heroic episode in the Allies' failed Operation Market Garden. Fully illustrated with maps and photographs, this volume covers all the monuments and major battle sites, as well as contemporary local facilities.
On September 17th, 1944, the 82nd Airborne dropped Allied parachute infantry along the Waal River in the Netherlandish city of Nijmegen. Their goal was to seize the city's two major bridges and reinforce the British troops in nearby Arnhem. Though the Allied forces faced a desperate struggle, they ultimately secured both bridges and liberated the city.
This comprehensive guide offers detailed information on all of the units, personalities and actions of this heroic episode in the Allies' failed Operation Market Garden. Fully illustrated with maps and photographs, this volume covers all the monuments and major battle sites, as well as contemporary local facilities.
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Nijmegen: US 82nd Airborne & Guards Armoured Division
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division - 1944
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Tim Saunders served as an infantry officer with the British Army for thirty years, during which time he took the opportunity to visit campaigns far and wide, from ancient to modern. Since leaving the Army he has become a full time military historian, with this being his sixteenth book, has made nearly fifty full documentary films with Battlefield History and Pen & Sword. He is an active guide and Accredited Member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides.
Content
- Cover
- Battleground series
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Advice to Visitors
- Chapter 1: BACKGROUND AND THE MARKET GARDEN PLAN
- Chapter 2: THE CAPTURE OF THE BRIDGE AT GRAVE
- Chapter 3: THE OVERASSELT DROP ZONE AND THE MAAS/WAAL CANAL BRIDGES
- Chapter 4: MOLENHOEK AND THE HILL
- Chapter 5: GROESBEEK HEIGHTS
- Chapter 6: BERGEN DAL, BEEK AND DEVIL'S HILL
- Chapter 7: NIJMEGEN AND THE WAAL BRIDGES
- Chapter 8: CAPTURE OF THE WAAL BRIDGES
- Chapter 9: LENT - NORTH OF THE WAAL
- Chapter 10: OOUSTERHOUT - PRIVATE TOWLE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
- Appendix I Orders of Battle
- Appendix II Cemeteries
- Appendix III SS Ranks equivalents American/British
- Index
