- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Viking; 1st edition (4 Aug 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0670835463
- ISBN-13: 978-0670835461
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.2 x 5.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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The battle of Arnhem was a major turning point in World War II. It was a gamble by Montgomery, using three airborne divisions, to capture a series of bridges across the wide rivers which separated a powerful army from the plains of northern Germany. Although the initial operation was successful, ground troops did not reach Arnhem quickly enough, leaving a small group of the British 6th Airborne Division encircled by German troops. After nine days of fighting, the survivors were withdrawn. This study consists of detailed research and a series of interviews with British, Polish and German participants in the battle, as well as the Dutch civilians who were caught up in the conflict. Martin Middlebrook is the author of "The Somme Battlefields".
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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"Arnhem 1944" is another excellent war history from Martin Middlebrook. It has all the usual hallmarks of a Middlebrook history: research so exquisitely detailed and painstaking, that you know he's got things right, coupled with a readable style that mixes narrative with personal recollections of participants, all illustrated with numerous maps that enable the reader to follow the cut and thrust of individual unit actions, and the inexorable development of the allied defeat.
However, I was somewhat disappointed that Mr. Middlebrook failed to follow the formula that made his World War II bombing campaign books so absorbing. In those books, he examined every aspect of the aerial battles from the points of view of the allied aircrews, the German defenders (on the ground and in the air), and the victims of the bombing themselves.
In "Arnhem 1944", Mr. Middlebrook has avoided looking at the battle from the German perspective. In his introduction, he stated that he originally had every intention of doing so, but while he was carrying out his research, a comprehensive history on the Germans' experiences in that battle was published, causing him to drop that aspect from his research. Unfortunately, Mr. Middlebrook fails to quote from that German history, with the result that the reader feels, to some degree, like the allied defenders must have done: impressed by the determination and ferociousness of the German attacks, but never knowing about the extent of the resources available to the Germans. Just a hint of the Germans' thought processes throughout the battle would have balanced out the book considerably.
That criticism aside, this is still an excellent piece of work, which General John Hackett, a senior participant in the battle, calls "without question the best book published so far on the Market Garden operation." Who can argue with someone so well qualified to assess this book?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The third Middlebrook book I have read, and as ever fantastic research and elegant use of real accounts from those that were there to make for a compelling narrative. A must read if you have any interest in WW2...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Brilliant. Superb detail.Superb balance. All to often Arnhem accounts concentrate on certain events and less on others. This amends those unbalanced books I've had to put up with. Superb research. Superb personal narratives. The best book about the Battle of Arnhem. Full Stop.
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A good starting place if visiting the battlefield
Another excellent book from Mr Middlebrook focusing entirely on the British Airborne Division. For those who want a narrow focus this is the best book on Arnhem with clear maps... Read more
Published 11 months ago by G. Mott
Those Amazing Gliders
Martin Middlebrook is a master a producing books that
explain complex military operations in a manner that
is comprehensible to the knowledgable general reader. Read more
explain complex military operations in a manner that
is comprehensible to the knowledgable general reader. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2009 by givbatam3
Five stars, definitely
Of all the books about Arnhem from the Airborne perspective this is the best. It's the clearest, the most thorough, and it's stuffed with the most brilliant eyewitness anecdotes. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2007 by Dick Coward
The last word on British operations in Market-Garden
This informative work gives readers an in-depth account of the tragic, yet heroic, operations in and around Arnhem in 1944. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 1998
A collection of first hand accounts of those involved
A typical Martin Middlebrook book, one produced as a result of meticulous, accurate research, details of which, have been collected from those involved in the battle. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 1998
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