Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide: Operation Market Garden (Paperback)

Tonie Holt

ISBN 10: 1781593787 / ISBN 13: 9781781593783

Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd, South Yorkshire, 2013

About this Item

Paperback. Like the other books in the Holts' acclaimed Battlefield Guide Series (see inside front cover for details) this is much more than just a guidebook. It charts in fascinating detail what happened at each recommended stop and brings alive, with cameos and personal recollections, the dramatic events of September 1944. It is the very first detailed guide to chart the entire MARKET-GARDEN Corridor - from Leopoldsburg in Belgium and over the important bridges at the Scheldt-Maas Canal, the Wilhelmina Canal, the Zuid Willemsvaart Canal, the Maas and the Waal to the Bridge at Arnhem over the Lower Rhine - the 'Bridge Too Far'. There are stories of gallantry, despair, humour, fear and dogged persistence. # here was a hidden execution ground and cemetery in Belgium # here PFC Joe Mann threw himself onto a grenade to save his buddies # here the 504th PIR made the daring crossing over the Waal # here was Diogenes, the Germans' menacing secret bunker # here twin brothers of the British Airborne were killed together # here Colonel Johnny Frost clung on for 4 desperate days It includes: . An UPDATE Section with GPS locations, new/changed Memorials, Museums and Tourist Information . An Approach Route and five recommended timed Itineraries . Sketch maps in all the Itineraries . Memorials to the liberating Allies and the suffering Civilians . Museums, sites of DZs and LZs . Allied and German Cemeteries and Information on their War Graves Associations . Historical background to and summary of the Operation . Holland after the battles to the present day . Information on Veterans' and Commemorative Associations and Events . Useful tourist information . Full colour illustrations throughout ILLUSTRATIONS: Colour maps Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide: Operation Market Garden (Paperback)
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, South Yorkshire
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781593787
• ISBN 13: 9781781593783
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Operation Market Garden was the name given to the US, UK and Polish airborne assault on the Arnhem, Nijmegen and Eindhoven bridges and the ill-fated 30 Corps advance to relieve the hard-pressed paras. While everyone knows that Arnhem was 'a bridge too far', few understand the true reasons for the catastrophic failure to link up. There have been numerous guide books to the fighting around Arnhem in particular but this is the first to tell the whole story as it happened. As the many thousands of satisfied Holt's Guide readers know, the authors have an uncanny knack of getting to the nub of the story, explaining the action clearly and directing the visitor to the key sites in order that he/she gets the most from any visit. With its full colour touring map The Holt's Battlefield Guide to Market Garden will prove as big a success as its forerunners, on both sides of the Atlantic and the Channel.

About the Author

Tonie Holt is a known author in the field of Military history and literature. His knowledge of World War One is extensive, having spent over twenty years researching and leading tours to the battlefields. He co- founded the highly successful Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Tour Company.

Valmai Holt is a well known author in the field of Military history and literature. Her knowledge of World War One is extensive, having spent over twenty years researching and leading tours to the battlefields. She co-founded the highly successful Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Tour Company.