The Devil's Birthday Bridges to Arnhem, 1944

Book Code:  AW0654

The Devil's Birthday Bridges to Arnhem, 1944

 

This book tells the story of the doomed Allied attempt to seize three major river crossings (including the "bridge too far" at Arnhem) and thus secure a back door into Germany, effectively shortening the war. This edition has corrections, additions and amendments by the author, who was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during the Arnhem battles, where he commanded a company and, later, a composite group that included the remnants of his entire battalion. He escaped back over the Lower Rhine with the survivors of British 1st Airborne Division.

 

Geoffrey Powell

Hardcover 276pp