Hell's Highway: A Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944 - Couverture souple

Koskimaki, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1612000738 ISBN 13 : 9781612000732

Editeur : Casemate Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

* The dramatic story of the men who held down Hell's Highway September 17, 1944. Thousands of Screaming Eagles-101st Airborne Division paratroopers-descend from the sky over Holland, dropping deep behind German lines in a daring daylight mission to seize and secure the road leading north to Arnhem and the Rhine. Their success would allow the Allied army to advance swiftly into Germany. The Screaming Eagles accomplish their initial objectives within hours, but keeping their sections of Hell's HighwayA" open takes another seventy-two days of fierce round-the-clock fighting against crack German troops and tank divisions. Hell's Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the American Paras (82d Airborne) at Nijmegen and the British Ist Airborne Division at Arnhem. Drawing on interviews with more than six hundred paratroopers, George E. Koskimaki chronicles, with vivid firsthand accounts, the dramatic, never-before-told story of the Screaming Eagles' valiant struggle.Hell's Highway also tellsof the Dutch citizens and members of the underground who were liberated after five years of Nazi oppression and never forgot America's airborne heroes. This renowned force risked their lives for the freedom of a small country ...and the world.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

September 17, 1944; thousands of 101st Airborne Division paratroopers, known as the Screaming Eagles, descend from the sky over Holland, dropping deep behind German lines in a daring daylight mission to seize and secure the road leading north to Arnhem and the Rhine. Their success would allow the Allied army to advance swiftly into Germany. The Screaming Eagles accomplish their initial objectives within hours, but keeping their sections of Hells Highway open takes another 72 days of fierce round-the-clock fighting against crack German troops and tank divisions.Hell's Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the American Paras (82d Airborne) at Nijmegen and the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Drawing on interviews with more than 600 paratroopers, George E. Koskimaki chronicles, with vivid firsthand accounts, the dramatic, never-before-told story of the Screaming Eagles valiant struggle. Hells Highway also tells of the Dutch citizens and members of the underground who were liberated after five years of Nazi oppression and never forgot Americas airborne heroes. This renowned force risked their lives for the freedom of a small country . . . and the world.

Biographie de l'auteur :

George E. Koskimaki, a noted historian of the 101st Airborne Division, is the author of D-Day with the Screaming Eagles and The Battered Bastards of Bastogne. He lives in Northville, Michigan.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Casemate Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1612000738
• ISBN 13: 9781612000732
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 452