Great Battles #: Arnhem

Great Battles #: Arnhem
Christopher Hibbert
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h196 x 130mm - 288pg
15 Sep 2022 UK
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9781474626354
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The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR' Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background' DAILY TELEGRAPH' Finely recorded. . . truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian' SUNDAY TIMESThis book tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944. Nine thousand men of the First British Airborne Division were parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded Arnhem. Their objective was to capture and hold the bridge over the Rhine ahead of the advancing British Second Army. Nine days later, after some of the fiercest street-fighting of the war, 2000 paratroopers managed to escape to safety. Made famous by the film A BRIDGE TOO FAR

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Finely recorded. . . truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian * SUNDAY TIMES * Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background * DAILY TELEGRAPH * Perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have * TES * Clear-sighted, well-written and scrupulously fair . . . it deserves to stand with the best of the battle chronicles * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Christopher Hibbert was educated at Radley and Oxford. He served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J. H. Plumb as a writer of the highest ability, he is, in the words of The Times Educational Supplement ' perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have' . He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.
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ISBN-13: 9781474626354
Published: 15 Sep 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 196mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 288

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