Название: Osprey Combat 42 - British Airborne Soldier vs Waffen-SS Soldier: Arnhem 1944
Автор: David Greentree
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1472825705
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 80
Для сайта: LitMy
Размер: 18,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan to try and end the war before the end of 1944, and relied on landing airborne troops to secure bridges over the Rhine bridges in the Netherlands. Critical to this plan were the glider troops of Britain's 1st Airlanding Brigade. Short on heavy weapons and not trained in street fighting, the glider troops were meant to secure and defend the Allied perimeter around Arnhem as the parachute brigades fought their way into the city.
Facing the airborne forces were understrength Waffen-SS units that were hastily formed into ad hoc battle groups, some supported by armour.