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Arnhem by Christopher Hibbert

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Arnhem

GREAT BATTLES (Related to this series)

Author
Christopher Hibbert
Narrator
Roger Davis
Publisher
Orion
Publish Date
15 September 2022
Run Time
8 hours 25 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Military history, True war and combat stories, Militaria, arms and armour
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The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR

'Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Finely recorded...truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian' SUNDAY TIMES

This book tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944.

Nine thousand men of the First British Airborne Division were parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded Arnhem. Their objective was to capture and hold the bridge over the Rhine ahead of the advancing British Second Army. Nine days later, after some of the fiercest street-fighting of the war, 2000 paratroopers managed to escape to safety.

Made famous by the film A BRIDGE TOO FAR

Critics Review

  • Finely recorded...truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian

    SUNDAY TIMES

  • Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background

    DAILY TELEGRAPH

  • Perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have

    TES

  • Clear-sighted, well-written and scrupulously fair ... it deserves to stand with the best of the battle chronicles

    SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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Details
Author
Christopher Hibbert
Narrator
Roger Davis
Duration
8 hours 25 minutes
Release Date
15 September 2022
ISBN
9781474626347
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Orion
Genre
Military history, True war and combat stories, Militaria, arms and armour

Synopsis

The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR'Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Finely recorded...truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian' SUNDAY TIMESThis book tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944. Nine thousand men of the First British Airborne Division were parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded Arnhem. Their objective was to capture and hold the bridge over the Rhine ahead of the advancing British Second Army. Nine days later, after some of the fiercest street-fighting of the war, 2000 paratroopers managed to escape to safety.Made famous by the film A BRIDGE TOO FAR

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