A Bridge Too Far (Hodder Great Reads)

by Cornelius Ryan (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $6.71

  The true story of the greatest battle of World War II and the basis of the 1977 film of the same name, directed by Richard Attenborough.

  The Battle of Arnhem, one of the most dramatic battles of World War II, was as daring as it was ill-fated.

  It cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.

  This is the whole compelling story, told through the vast cast of characters involved. From Dutch civilians to British and American strategists, its scope and ambition is unparalleled, superbly recreating the terror and suspense, the heroism and tragedy of this epic operation.

  'I know of no other work of literature of World War II as moving, as awesome and as accurate in its portrayal of human courage.' - General James A Gavin

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $4.89

  On 17th September 1944, the people of southern England gaped as the mightiest airborne force in history thundered overhead en route for Arnhem. Arnhem was 64 miles behind the German lines in Holland, and Field-Marshal Montgomery's plan was to sieze the Rhine bridges at Arnhem and Nijmegen to allow an Allied thrust into the industrial heart of Nazi Germany. The Allied armies south of the Rhine were due to reinforce the airborne troops once the bridges had been captured. When Lt-General Boy Browning, the Deputy Commander of the First Allied Airborne Army, asked Montgomery how long it would take for the reinforcements to reach the bridges, he was told that it would be two days. Sir , replied Browning, I think we may be going a bridge too far . Cornelius Ryan's account of the tragic miscalculations at Arnhem and the valour of the troops on either side is a classic. Over 17,000 British, Polish and American troops became casualties - more than on D-Day - but Arnhem remains a beacon of heroism in the annals of miltiary endeavour.

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $12.53

  The true story of the greatest battle of World War II and the basis of the 1977 film of the same name, directed by Richard Attenborough.

  The Battle of Arnhem, one of the most dramatic battles of World War II, was as daring as it was ill-fated.

  It cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.

  This is the whole compelling story, told through the vast cast of characters involved. From Dutch civilians to British and American strategists, its scope and ambition is unparalleled, superbly recreating the terror and suspense, the heroism and tragedy of this epic operation.

  'I know of no other work of literature of World War II as moving, as awesome and as accurate in its portrayal of human courage.' - General James A Gavin