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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100671217925
ISBN-139780671217921
eBay Product ID (ePID)1235243
Product Key Features
Publication Year1974
Book TitleBridge Too Far
Number of Pages670 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorCornelius Ryan
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
LCCN95-150629
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Decimal940.54/219218
SynopsisTHE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II "A Bridge Too Far" is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day. In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a vast cast of characters -- from Dutch civilians to British and American strategists to common soldiers and commanders -- Ryan brings to life one of the most daring and ill-fated operations of the war. "A Bridge Too Far" superbly recreates the terror and suspense, the heroism and tragedy of this epic operation, which ended in bitter defeat for the Allies.