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A Bridge Too Far
by Cornelius Ryan
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (1974-09)
ISBN: 0671217925
EAN: 9780671217921
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 670 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: 59002211
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: --THE HARDBACK BOOK WITH A DUST COVER!-- 1ST EDITION. EARLY PRINT. THE HARDBACK BOOK, DUST COVER AND PAGES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, CLEAN AND TIGHT. SHIPPED RAPIDLY BY EXPEDITED POSTAL MAIL, AND BY AIR MAIL, ALSO TO APO/AFO.
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Product Description
THE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day. In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a vast cast of characters -- from Dutch civilians to British and American strategists to common soldiers and commanders -- Ryan brings to life one of the most daring and ill-fated operations of the war. A Bridge Too Far superbly recreates the terror and suspense, the heroism and tragedy of this epic operation, which ended in bitter defeat for the Allies.
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