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September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780451239891)
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xAcclaimed historian John C. McManus, author of The Dead and Those About to Die, explores World War II's most ambitious invasion, Operation Market Garden, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi Germany before the end of 1944.
"A riveting and deeply moving story of uncommon courage."--Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The First Wave August 1944 saw the Allies achieve more significant victories than in any other month over the course of the war. The Germans were in disarray, overwhelmed on all fronts. Rumors swirled that the war would soon be over. On September 17, the largest airborne drop in military history commenced over Holland--including two entire American divisions, the 101st and the 82nd. Their mission was to secure key bridges at such places as Son, Eindhoven, Grave, and Nijmegen until British armored forces could relieve them. The Germans, however, proved much stronger than the Allies anticipated. In eight days of ferocious combat, they mauled the airborne, stymied the tanks, and prevented the Allies from crossing the Rhine. September Hope conveys the American perspective like never before, through a vast array of new sources and countless personal interviews to create a truly revealing portrait of this searing human drama.
Author: John C. McManus
ISBN-10: 045123989X
ISBN-13: 9780451239891
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2013
Pages: 514
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d
"A riveting and deeply moving story of uncommon courage."--Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The First Wave August 1944 saw the Allies achieve more significant victories than in any other month over the course of the war. The Germans were in disarray, overwhelmed on all fronts. Rumors swirled that the war would soon be over. On September 17, the largest airborne drop in military history commenced over Holland--including two entire American divisions, the 101st and the 82nd. Their mission was to secure key bridges at such places as Son, Eindhoven, Grave, and Nijmegen until British armored forces could relieve them. The Germans, however, proved much stronger than the Allies anticipated. In eight days of ferocious combat, they mauled the airborne, stymied the tanks, and prevented the Allies from crossing the Rhine. September Hope conveys the American perspective like never before, through a vast array of new sources and countless personal interviews to create a truly revealing portrait of this searing human drama.
Author: John C. McManus
ISBN-10: 045123989X
ISBN-13: 9780451239891
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2013
Pages: 514
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d
By John C. McManus
xJohn C. McManus is an award-winning professor, author, and military historian, and a leading expert on the history of the American combat experience. He is the Curators' Distinguished Professor of U.S. Military History at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His critically acclaimed books on World War II include Deadly Sky, Grunts, The Dead and Those About to Die, and Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943.
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