Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
Arnhem (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781474626354)
Vendor:
Christopher Hibbert
Product type:
Books
- $19.99
$19.99- $19.99
- Unit price
- per
Subtotal:
$19.99
Description
xThe 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 TIMES 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, 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 FARAuthor: Christopher Hibbert
ISBN-10: 1474626351
ISBN-13: 9781474626354
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2023
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
By Christopher Hibbert
xChristopher 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.
Recently Viewed Products
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.