Anthony Tucker-Jones

The Devil's Bridge (MP3-Download)

The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944 Ungekürzte Lesung. 584 Min.
Sprecher: May, Roger

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Produktbeschreibung

Bloomsbury presents The Devil's Bridge by Anthony Tucker-Jones, read by Roger May. This fascinating title offers a new look at Operation Market Garden and the Arnhem campaign from the perspective of the German forces who defended against the Allies. In the late summer of 1944, SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm 'Willi' Bittrich found himself in the Netherlands surveying his II SS Panzer Corps, which was in a poor state having narrowly escaped the defeat in Normandy. He was completely unaware that his command lay directly in the path of a major Allied thrust: the 17 September 1944 launch of the largest airborne and glider operation in the history of warfare. Codenamed Operation Market Garden, it was intended to outflank the German West Wall and 'bounce' the Rhine at Arnhem, from where the Allies could strike into the Ruhr, Nazi Germany's industrial heartland. Such a move could have ended the war. However, Market Garden and the battle for Arnhem were a disaster for the Allies. Put together in little over a week and lacking in flexibility, the operation became an all-or-nothing race against time. The plan to link the airborne divisions by pushing an armoured division up a sixty-five-mile corridor was optimistic at best, and the British drop zones were not only too far from Arnhem Bridge, but also directly above two recuperating SS Panzer divisions. The Devil's Bridge explores the operation from the perspective of the Germans as renowned historian Anthony Tucker-Jones examines how they were able to mobilise so swiftly and effectively in spite of depleted troops and limited intelligence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Osprey Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472843180
• Artikelnr.: 70157489

Autorenporträt

Anthony Tucker-Jones, a former intelligence officer, is a highly prolific writer and military historian with well over 50 books to his name. His work has also been published in an array of magazines and online. He regularly appears on television and radio commenting on current and historical military matters.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Devil Rides East
Chapter 2: Rest and Homeward Bound
Chapter 3: Monty's Garden
Chapter 4: Airborne Market
Chapter 5: An Intelligence Cover Up
Chapter 6: Fierce Counterattacks
Chapter 7: Start Paddling
Chapter 8: Hell's Highway
Chapter 9: Flawed Drop
Chapter 10: Quick Reaction
Chapter 11: Arnhem lost
Chapter 12 Poles to the Rescue
Chapter 13: The Oosterbeek Cauldron
Chapter 14: Giving Up
Chapter 15: Recriminations

Rezensionen

This is an important and timely operational analysis of the events of September 1944. It is a mark of my respect for Anthony Tucker-Jones's work that I wish I had researched and written The Devil's Bridge. Thus I am more than happy to commend his scholarship to you.