Lloyd Clark Livres
Cet auteur se spécialise dans l'histoire militaire, avec un intérêt particulier pour le front occidental de la Première Guerre mondiale, le front méditerranéen de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la guerre aéroportée. Sa connaissance approfondie, acquise lors de conférences dans le monde entier, en fait une autorité reconnue dans ce domaine. Les lecteurs apprécieront sa capacité à relater de manière vivante des moments clés de l'histoire militaire avec précision et perspicacité. Ses œuvres offrent une exploration captivante des stratégies et des événements qui ont façonné les conflits modernes.
Operation 'Market Garden' was the largest airborne operation in history and its aim was to end the war in Europe by Christmas 1944. On 17 September, twenty-thousand men were dropped behind enemy lines to seize a number of vital Rhine bridges in the Netherlands over which the British Second Army would advance. But they had underestimated what the enemy was still capable of achieving, and their advance was blocked by two resolute German SS Panzer divisions. Reinforcement soldiers coming by land, had been delayed by stiff German resistance and bad weather, and were eventually prevented from reaching Arnhem. This resulted in 6,000 British paratroopers being taken prisoner. The two US airborne divisions who also held their ground suffered 3,500 casualties. 'Market Garden' was an utter defeat for the Allies. Lloyd Clark gives a chronological overview of the operation, from its initial conception through to the end of the battle. It emphasizes both parts of the operation from the air and on the ground, as well as the participation from all parties involved - Britain, America and Poland fighting for the Allies, and also the actions of the German defenders. Lavishly illustrated with some 200 archive photographs and paintings, this book sheds new light on what actually happened in Arnhem.
A fascinating biography of Patton, Montgomery and Rommel which reveals how these three unique personalities rose to the highest ranks.
