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1	Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Airborne Battle of World War more books like this by Cornelius Ryan add to wishlist The dramatic final volume in Ryan's superb World War II trilogy focuses on the battle for Arnhem. Ryan draws from a vast cast of characters--from Dutch civilians to British and American strategists to common soldiers and commanders--to bring to life this daring military operation. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.92! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Bridge Too Far more books like this by Cornelius Ryan add to wishlist On 17th September 1944, the people of southern England gaped as the mightiest airborne force in history thundered overhead "en route" for Arnhem. Arnhem was 64 miles behind the German lines in Holland, and Field-Marshal Montgomery's plan was to sieze the Rhine bridges at Arnhem and Nijmegen to allow an Allied thrust into the industrial heart of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Men at Arnhem more books like this by Geoffrey Powell add to wishlist In the fall of 1945, Allied commanders planned to land airborne divisions in an attempt to capture a series of bridges behind German lines, including the "bridge too far" at Arnhem. Geoffrey Powell, himself a veteran of the Arnhem operation, drew on conversations with many other survivors of the battle to write one of the most dramatic of all ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $16.24! \| first editions
4	Evaders more books like this by Leo Heaps add to wishlist Of the 10,000 Allied paratroopers who dropped into Holland in 1944, only 2,000 returned. Trapped in enemy territory, 250 of the toughest--the Evaders--survived for months aided by the Dutch Resistance and their own courage. Here is former "Evader" Leo Heaps' eyewitness account. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.72! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Devil's Birthday: The Bridges to Arnhem, 1944 more books like this by Geoffrey Powell add to wishlist Arnhem was the heaviest Allied defeat of 1944 and was the subject of the famous film A Bridge Too Far. Casualties during the battle were appalling; the brave and enduring Dutch people suffered catastrophically in the aftermath and German morale was strengthened at a time of otherwise ebbing fortunes. This new revised edition besides being a superb ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Arnhem: The Battle Remembered more books like this by Robert Jackson add to wishlist On 17th September, 1944, three Allied airborne divisions landed at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem. Their task was to lay an airborne carpet across the Rhine, opening a route for an advance into northern Germany. This is the story of that operation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.60! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Arnhem more books like this by Christopher Hibbert add to wishlist This 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, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.02! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Arnhem: A Tragedy of Errors more books like this by Peter Harclerode add to wishlist Describes and analyzes the reasons for the failure of "Operation Market Garden" at Arnhem, when the British troops were forced to withdraw before the Rhine and Ruhr barriers could be attacked again the next year. see all copies from $5.40! new only from $9.99! \| first editions
9	The Battle of Arnhem more books like this by Christopher Hibbert add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! first editions
10	Arnhem doctor more books like this by Stuart R. Mawson add to wishlist This text tells the story of a young and recently qualified doctor, Stuart Mawson, and his experiences in the field, during World War II. The author also describes the difficulty of being a non-combatant and therefore how he was unable to influence events. see all copies from $10.54! new only from $10.54! \| first editions
11	Hell's Highway: Operation Market Garden more books like this by Tim Saunders, Major add to wishlist Hell's Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the American Paras (82d Airborne) at Nijmegen and the British I st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Adopting the clear and successful style of Battleground works this book relies on ... see all copies from $8.48! new only from $12.20! \| SVS
12	Arnhem more books like this by Robert Elliott Urquhart add to wishlist see all copies from $2.53! first editions
13	Airborne carpet : Operation Market Garden more books like this by Anthony Farrar-Hockley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14	The grey goose of Arnhem more books like this by Leo Heaps add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	Arnhem Spearhead: A Private Soldier's Story more books like this by James Sims add to wishlist see all copies from $6.99! first editions
16	Arnhem: Britain's Infamous Airborne Assault of WWII more books like this by Robert E Urquhart add to wishlist see all copies from $7.47! new only from $79.99!
17 view cover	Arnhem more books like this by A D Harvey add to wishlist AD Harvey was educated at St. John's College Oxford and University (now Wolfson) College Cambridge. As well as contributing articles to RUSI Journal and Air Power History, he is author of COLLISION OF EMPIRES: BRITAIN IN THREE WORLD WARS 1793-1945 (1996) and A MUSE OF FIRE: LITERATURE, ART AND WAR (1998). see all copies from $4.39! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
18	Arnhem: A Case Study more books like this by Maurice Tugwell add to wishlist see all copies from $17.00! first editions
19	Arnhem 1944 more books like this by Janusz Piekakiewicz add to wishlist see all copies from $9.95! first editions
20	Wargaming airborne operations more books like this by Donald F Featherstone add to wishlist see all copies from $16.79! first editions
21 view cover	The battle for Arnhem more books like this by Martin Marix Evans, Wybo Boersma, Adrian Groeneweg add to wishlist On 17 September 1944, during Operation Market Garden, the 1st British Airborne Division was the first to be parachuted into the Netherlands: their task - to secure the bridge at Arnhem. Here in words and pictures is a day-by-day, blow-by-blow account of the part that British and American troops played in their fight against German soldiers ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $13.56!
22 view cover	A Tour of the Arnhem Battlefields more books like this by John Waddy, John Hackett, General (Introduction by) add to wishlist The film A Bridge Too Far introduced the Battle of Arnhem to a world-wide audience, and since then this tragic airborne operation has taken its proper place among the most dramatic events in military history. It was intended that Allied airborne divisions would capture a series of bridges behind German lines and be joined by rapidly advancing ... see all copies from $18.20! new only from $99.00!
23	Poles Apart: The Polish Airborne at the Battle of Arnhem more books like this by George F Cholewczynski add to wishlist see all copies from $110.00! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Arnhem: The Fight to Sustain: The Untold Story of the Airborne Logisticians more books like this by Frank Steer add to wishlist The unsuccessful British airborne drop at Arnhem in September 1944, immortalized in the film A Bridge Too Far, was one of the most dramatic incidents of World War II. No story of the Arnhem campaign is more filled with courage and devotion than that of the British support units, such as the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Army Ordnance ... see all copies from $25.99! new only from $25.99!
25	Arnheim 1944: Deutschlands Letzter Sieg more books like this by Janusz Piekalkiewicz add to wishlist see all copies from $34.54!

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