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In the final instalment in Osprey's trilogy on Operation Market-Garden, this is a fascinating account of the British XXX Corps assault towards the Rhine at Arnhem.

Der anglo-amerikanische Kampf im November 1944 um die Geilenkirchener Landzunge war Infanterie-Krieg der schlimmsten Art. Er wird von Ken Ford in dieser neuen Ausgabe seiner klassischen Studien in lebendigen Details beschrieben. Der von der Normandie ausgehende Vormarsch der Alliierten (Juni 1944) wird durch den Wintereinbruch an der Schwelle zu Deutschland gestoppt. Das Buch stellt die Uhren zurück auf die Tage des Zweiten Weltkrieges im November 1944: Die Alliierten haben den Westwall erreicht und werden gezwungen, aus der Hölle ihrer Schützengräben die deutschen Befestigungen anzugreifen. Die Schlacht um Geilenkirchen war für die Briten der erste Kampf, den sie seit Minden (Ostwestfalen) im Jahr 1759 auf deutschem Boden auszutragen hatten. Für sie war er nur ein Kampf mehr auf dem bisherigen Weg nach Berlin, aber für die amerikanische 84. Division war es der erste mühsame Kriegseinsatz und eine bittere Lehrstunde über die Grausamkeiten einer Abnutzungsschlacht. Die Berichte stammen von Männern, die dabei waren: Briten, Amerikaner und Deutsche, die verzweifelt um ihr Vaterland kämpften. Gesiegt hat niemand – beide Seiten verloren eine unersetzlich hohe Anzahl von Männern und opferten junges Leben für einige Meter Boden.

Osprey's trilogy on Operation Market-Garden continues with this fascinating and detailed account of the doomed British airborne assault on the bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. číst celé

Tells the story of Operation Neptune was, of course, more than just a tale of planning, building and logistics.

In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet - the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen - stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a dramatic voyage back to Germany. Passing through the straights of Dover, the ships faced everything the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy could throw at them. In a dramatic running fight, the ships managed to sail right under the nose of history's greatest maritime nation to reach the safety of Germany. The brilliantly executed operation brought great humiliation to the British - Hitler, who had developed the plan, had judged perfectly the reaction of the British command to the Channel Dash. Repositioned, these fast, heavily armed ships went on to threaten the Allied Arctic convoys that kept Russia in the war at Stalingrad. This book tells the complete story of this great race, from the planning through to the repercussions of this unique Germany victory.

The assault crossing of the River Seine by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division in August 1944 remains one of the most important operations of the closing stages of the Second World War. Once the obstacle of the great river had been overcome, General Horrocks unleashed the armor of XXX Corps on their historic dash across northern France and Belgium.

In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture the secret of the German radar. Lead by Major John Frost, a company of paratroopers dropped into Bruneval on the French coast, and quickly neutralized a small German garrison. This book tells the story of one of the greatest raids of World War II.

On 18 November 1941, the British launched Operation Crusader against the Axis positions in Africa. The plan was to bring the armour of the German Afrika Korps to battle and to beat it in open warfare with the now superior strength of Eighth Army, and to relieve the isolated British garrison at Tobruk. Initially meeting with disaster, the British redoubled their efforts, fought through to Tobruk, and pushed back Rommel's Afrika Korps. Written by popular Osprey author, Ken Ford, Operation Crusader tells the story of the British victory that demonstrated their ability to fight head-to-head against the Germans in Africa.