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Crossing the Rhine : breaking into Nazi Germany, 1944 and 1945 : the greatest airborne battles in history / Lloyd Clark.

Publication | Library Call Number: D763.N4 C537 2008

A British military historian offers an in-depth account of two critical offensives led by Allied troops against the Nazi power base on the Rhine, examining the strategies, military leaders, and campaign of the two airborne assaults, the events leading up to combat, the power struggle among Allied leadership, and the results of the battles on the war's outcome.

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Format
Book
Author/Creator
Clark, Lloyd, 1967-
Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2008
Locale
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Language
English
Edition
1st American ed

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Physical Description
xxviii, 415 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Contents
Dramatis personae
The strategy of exploitation: The Allies, 25 Aug to 17 Sep 1944
Withdrawal: The Germans, 25 Aug to 17 Sep 1944
Chasing the dream: airborne warfare and its soldiers: the birth of parachuting to Summer 1944
Stitching things together: planning: 10-17 Sep 1944
Jumping the Rhine (1): Operation market garden: 17-18 Sep 1944
Permieters: Operation Market Garden, 19-21 Sep 1944
Touching the Rhine: Operation Market Garden: 21-26 Sep 1944
Riposte: The Ardennes and advance to the Rhine: Oct 1944 to March 1945
The deluge: planning and launching plunder varsity: 10-24 March 1945
Jumping the Rhine (2): Operation Varsity: 24-28 March 1945.
ISBN
9780871139894
0871139898
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-403) and index.
Dramatis personae -- The strategy of exploitation: The Allies, 25 Aug to 17 Sep 1944 -- Withdrawal: The Germans, 25 Aug to 17 Sep 1944 -- Chasing the dream: airborne warfare and its soldiers: the birth of parachuting to Summer 1944 -- Stitching things together: planning: 10-17 Sep 1944 -- Jumping the Rhine (1): Operation market garden: 17-18 Sep 1944 -- Permieters: Operation Market Garden, 19-21 Sep 1944 -- Touching the Rhine: Operation Market Garden: 21-26 Sep 1944 -- Riposte: The Ardennes and advance to the Rhine: Oct 1944 to March 1945 -- The deluge: planning and launching plunder varsity: 10-24 March 1945 -- Jumping the Rhine (2): Operation Varsity: 24-28 March 1945.

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