{"product_id":"the-battle-of-arnhem-the-deadliest-airborne-operation-of-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAntony Beevor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e D-Day\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane engines. He went out onto his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders, carrying the legendary American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and the British 1st Airborne Division. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOperation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept, but could it have ever worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for the Dutch who risked everything to help. German reprisals were pitiless and cruel, and lasted until the end of the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAntony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, American, British, Polish, and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student called \"The Last German Victory.\" Yet\u003ci\u003e The Battle of Arnhem\u003c\/i\u003e, written with Beevor's inimitable style and gripping narrative, is about much more than a single dramatic battle--it looks into the very heart of war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony Beevor\u003c\/b\u003e was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. A regular officer in the 11th Hussars, he served in Germany and England. He has published several novels, and his works of nonfiction include \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Civil War; Crete: The Battle and the Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1993 Runciman Award; \u003ci\u003eStalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942--1943;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBerlin: The Downfall, 1945\u003c\/i\u003e. With his wife, Artemis Cooper, he wrote \u003ci\u003eParis: After the Liberation: 1944--1949\u003c\/i\u003e. His book \u003ci\u003eStalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Wolfson History Prize, and the Hawthornden Prize in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765036253472,"sku":"9780143128830","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c5247e6994fd636432236403ad2a0b01.webp?v=1780261015","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-battle-of-arnhem-the-deadliest-airborne-operation-of-world-war-ii-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}