Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
Beevor, Antony
The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller
The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain’s Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad
’Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . . his fans will love it.’ - Robert Fox, Evening Standard
’The eye for telling detail which we have come to expect from Antony Beevor. . . this time, though, he turns his brilliance as a military historian to a subject not just of defeat, but dunderhead stupidity.’ - Daily Mail
On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany’s parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop power.
Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept: the Americans thought it unusually bold for Field Marshal Montgomery. But could it ever have 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.
The British fascination with heroic failure has clouded the story of Arnhem in myths. Antony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, British, American, Polish and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student himself called ’The Last German Victory’. Yet this book, written in Beevor’s inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single, dramatic battle.
It looks into the very heart of war.
’In Beevor’s hands, Arnhem becomes a study of national character.’ - Ben Macintyre, The Times
’Superb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written.’ - Saul David, Daily Telegraph
’Complete mastery of both the story and the sources.’ - Keith Lowe, Literary Review
’Another masterwork from the most feted military historian of our time.’ - Jay Elwes, Prospect Magazine
’The analysis he has produced of the disaster is forensic.’ - Giles Milton, Sunday Times
’He is a master of his craft . . . we have here a definitive account.’ - Piers Paul Read, The Tablet
Kustantaja: UKBooks
Sidosasu: Pehmeäkantinen
ean: 9780241326763
Ilmestymisvuosi: 2018
Tekijän muu tuotanto:
Ardennes 1944 : Hitler’s Last
Beevor, Antony
Ardennit 1944 (jättipokkari)
Beevor, Antony
Arnhem : The Battle for the Bridges
Beevor, Antony
Berliini 1945
Beevor, Antony
Berlin : The Downfall 1945: The Num
Beevor, Antony
Crete : The Battle and the Resistan
Beevor, Antony
D-Day : 75th Anniversary Edition
Beevor, Antony
Kohtalokas silta
Beevor, Antony
Kohtalokas silta
Beevor, Antony
Russia : Revolution and Civil War 1
Beevor, Antony
Stalingrad (jättipokkari)
Beevor, Antony
The Second World War
Beevor, Antony
Ardennit 1944
Beevor, Antony
Berliini 1945
Beevor, Antony
Berliini 1945
Beevor, Antony
Berliini 1945 (jättipokkari)
Beevor, Antony
Normandia 1944
Beevor, Antony
Normandia 1944
Beevor, Antony
Olga Tsehovan arvoitus
Beevor, Antony
Olga Tsehovan arvoitus
Beevor, Antony
NOPEA TOIMITUS
Tuotteet toimitetaan yleensä muutamassa arkipäivässä. Lue tarkemmat tiedot tilausohjeista.
Saatavuus RB-kaupoista
Rosebud Sivullinen | 0 | |
Rosebud Citycenter | 0 | |
Rosebud Kaivopiha | 0 | |
Rosebud Tiedekulma | 0 | |
Rosebud Maria | 0 | |
Rosebud Kuopio | 0 | |
Keskusvarasto | 0 | |
Tilattavissa verkosta | ||
Hinnat ovat voimassa verkkokaupassa, myymälän hinta voi poiketa tässä näkyvästä. Saldoissa saattaa olla poikkeamia, tarkista saatavuus myymälästä. |