Steel Wall at Arnhem: The Destruction of 4 Parachute Brigade, 19 September 1944

by David Truesdale

Book Overview

The deployment of the British 1st Airborne Division somewhere in Europe prior to the end of the war was indeed a case of 'coins burning holes in the pockets of SHAEF.' The Allied High Command was anxious to commit to battle a division that, while it contained some elite units, was not fully trained, had carried out only one divisional exercise and contained several officers who were either unfit or unsuitable for airborne command.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911628445
• ISBN13: 9781911628446
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"