Hell's Highway: U.S. 101st Airborne & Guards Armoured DivisionPen and Sword, 18 mei 2009 - 160 pagina's This WWII history and battleground guide offers a fascinating look at the vital and infamous stretch of road through the Netherlands. After the Allied victory at Normandy, Operation Market Garden was intended to cut a path to Germany through the Netherlands. Essential to the plan was a two-lane road that came to be known as Hell's Highway. This was the route that the British 3rd Guards Armored Division had to advance down rapidly to relieve the American Paratroopers of the 82d Airborne at Nijmegen and the British I st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Beginning with the famous capture of Joe’s Bridge by the Irish Guards—an essential preliminary action before the start of Operation Market Garden—historian Tim Saunders guides visitors through the seizure of bridges, the liberation of small towns, and other actions undertaken by the famous Screaming Eagles. With vivid personal accounts throughout, this guide features practical visitor information about monuments and other important sites. |
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Acknowledgments | |
BACKGROUND AND THE MARKET GARDEN PLAN | |
BREAKOUT TO VALKENSWAARD | |
THE ADVANCE TO EINDHOVEN AND THE | |
101st US AIRBORNE AT | |
BEST THE UNPLANNED BATTLE | |
VEGHEL | |
VEGHELCLOSURE OF HELLS HIGHWAY | |
THE CUT AT KOEVERING | |
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