The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II

by Antony Beevor

Book Overview

The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account.

On 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525429824
• ISBN13: 9780525429821
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"