Hell's Highway: U.S. 101st Airborne & Guards Armoured Division

Hell's Highway: U.S. 101st Airborne & Guards Armoured Division

by Tim Saunders
Hell's Highway: U.S. 101st Airborne & Guards Armoured Division

Hell's Highway: U.S. 101st Airborne & Guards Armoured Division

by Tim Saunders

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Overview

This WWII history and battleground guide offers a fascinating look at the vital and infamous stretch of road through the Netherlands.

After the Allied victory at Normandy, Operation Market Garden was intended to cut a path to Germany through the Netherlands. Essential to the plan was a two-lane road that came to be known as Hell's Highway. This was the route that the British 3rd Guards Armored Division had to advance down rapidly to relieve the American Paratroopers of the 82d Airborne at Nijmegen and the British I st Airborne Division at Arnhem.

Beginning with the famous capture of Joe’s Bridge by the Irish Guards—an essential preliminary action before the start of Operation Market Garden—historian Tim Saunders guides visitors through the seizure of bridges, the liberation of small towns, and other actions undertaken by the famous Screaming Eagles. With vivid personal accounts throughout, this guide features practical visitor information about monuments and other important sites.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781783036639
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 05/18/2009
Series: Battleground Market Garden
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 108 MB
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About the Author

Tim Saunders served as an infantry officer with the British Army for thirty years, during which time he took the opportunity to visit campaigns far and wide, from ancient to modern. Since leaving the Army he has become a full time military historian, with this being his sixteenth book, has made nearly fifty full documentary films with Battlefield History and Pen&Sword. He is an active guide and Accredited Member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides.
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