Alan W. Cooper Air Battle for Arnhem - (ISBN: 9781781591086)

Fabrikant:	Alan W. Cooper
Artikelnummer:	9781781591086
EAN-code:	9781781591086

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Het boek Air Battle for Arnhem (ISBN:9781781591086) geschreven door Alan W. Cooper bestel je op bruna.nl! Over sixty years ago a battle took place that, if it had succeeded, could have shortened the Second World war by six months. The operation to take the bridges at Arnhem was given the code name 'Operation Market Garden', Market being the air side of the operation and Garden the subsequent ground operation. The main problem was communications between the ground forces and the re-supply aircraft of the Royal Air Force.Its their efforts and the courage on evident display at Arnhem that the book is based upon. Over a period of seven days troops of the 1st Airborne were taken by the RAF in towed gliders and then in subsequent days showed courage of the highest order to make sure that the ground troops were supplied with ammunition and food to sustain them in their efforts to take the bridges at Arnhem. Their efforts were costly, 309 aircrew and 79 Air...