Anthony Tucker-Jones

The Devil's Bridge (eBook, ePUB)

The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating title offers a new look at Operation Market Garden and the Arnhem campaign from the perspective of the German forces who defended against the Allies.

In the late summer of 1944, SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm 'Willi' Bittrich found himself in the Netherlands surveying his II SS Panzer Corps, which was in a poor state having narrowly escaped the defeat in Normandy. He was completely unaware that his command lay directly in the path of a major Allied thrust: the 17 September 1944 launch of the largest airborne and glider operation in the history of warfare.

Codenamed Operation Market Garden, it was intended to outflank the German West Wall and 'bounce' the Rhine at Arnhem, from where the Allies could strike into the Ruhr, Nazi Germany's industrial heartland. Such a move could have ended the war.

However, Market Garden and the battle for Arnhem were a disaster for the Allies. Put together in little over a week and lacking in flexibility, the operation became an all-or-nothing race against time. The plan to link the airborne divisions by pushing an armoured division up a sixty-five-mile corridor was optimistic at best, and the British drop zones were not only too far from Arnhem Bridge, but also directly above two recuperating SS Panzer divisions.

The Devil's Bridge explores the operation from the perspective of the Germans as renowned historian Anthony Tucker-Jones examines how they were able to mobilise so swiftly and effectively in spite of depleted troops and limited intelligence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472839879
• Artikelnr.: 59396687

Autorenporträt

Anthony Tucker-Jones, a former intelligence officer, is a highly prolific writer and military historian with well over 50 books to his name. His work has also been published in an array of magazines and online. He regularly appears on television and radio commenting on current and historical military matters.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Foreword Prologue: Model Gets Indigestion List of Maps
List of Illustrations 1. Race Against Time 2. Zangen's Great Escape 3. Six
and a Quarter 4. Student's Paras 5. Chill on the Albert 6. The Devil Lies
in Wait 7. Bittrich's Quick Reaction 8. Panzers at Valkenswaard 9. Airborne
Stepping Stones 10. Fierce Counter-attacks 11. Reichswald Assault 12.
Resistance at the Valkhof 13. Creating Hell's Highway 14. Arnhem Retaken
15. SS in the Betuwe 16. Model Triumphs 17. Unrepentant Advocate 18. Panzer
Corps Controversy 19. Last Battles 20. Little Consequence 21. Mary of
Arnhem Epilogue: Poignant Tragedy Appendices Notes and References
Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

This is an important and timely operational analysis of the events of September 1944. It is a mark of my respect for Anthony Tucker-Jones's work that I wish I had researched and written The Devil's Bridge. Thus I am more than happy to commend his scholarship to you.