Tuesday, December 06, 2011

A Magnificent Disaster: The Failure of Market Garden, David Bennett.

A Magnificent Disaster: The Failure of Market Garden, David Bennett.

An interesting study of the failure at Arnhem, focusing on the wider aspects of the campaign as much as on the narrow thrust or the fighting at Arnhem. Bennett covers the German point of view, the flanking operations of XII & VIII Corps and the actions of the 101st Airborne, as well as the wider strategic aims of the operation.
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