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Peter J.K. Hendrikx | Michel De Trez Bridges are ours
pictorial history of the 82nd Airborne Division in the Holland campaign
"After the entire division was airborne, “Burning Bridges” continues with the actual drops at the drop- and landing zones as well as the first two days of combat. The drop of the 504th Regiment and the capture of the Grave Bridge and the bridges over the Maas-Waal Canal are covered first. Hundreds of photographs, documents and artifacts tell the successful story of the capture of the bridges. The landings of the 505th and 508th Regiments on Drop Zones N and T in Groesbeek, east of Nijmegen are also...
Engels | D-Day Publishing, Saint-Côme-du-Mont | 2017
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Peter J.K. Hendrikx | Michel De Trez Burning bridges
pictorial history of the 82nd Airborne Division prior to the invasion of Holland
“Burning Bridges” begins with the introduction, where the decision-making process that led to Operation Market Garden is explained in great detail. The subsequent chapters discuss the preparations in the marshalling areas in England, the activities of the Pathfinders, and the boarding of the aircraft by all paratroop regiments and battalions. The glider lifts are also well covered by many newly discovered photographs."
Engels | 464 pagina's | D-Day Publishing, Saint-Côme-du-Mont | 2017
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