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This is a completely new look at Operation Market Garden, based on the latest and most comprehensive research of primary sources to date on this historic battle. Operation Market Garden was the largest airborne landing operation during World War II. Previous books on Operation Market Garden almost always end with the evacuation of British Airborne troops from Oosterbeek – obscuring the fact that Operation Market Garden had to be considered essentially a great success at the time. Events after September 1944, including the battle of Overloon in October 1944, made it clear that the operation had definitively failed. The strategic success of the operation could not be used to end the war before the end of 1944. This is a story that has never been told before. It is now described in detail and vividly by Christer Bergström in volume 2 of Arnhem 1944. This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in this operation and for those who do not want to miss anything in terms of new insights into this fascinating episode in World War II and the history of the Netherlands.
Table of contents
How does the multimedia book work? 7
Glossary and abbreviations 8
Military ranks compared 18
Timeline 19
Gallery of characters 20 I. The turning point in Arnhem 23
II. Sept. 20 – The Decisive Day 81
III. A bridge too short 149
IV. The American defeat 260
V. Market Garden turns into – Operation Gatwick 290
VI. The lost victory 327
VII. Results and conclusions 349
Fact frames
The opponents in western Arnhem and Oosterbeek in the evening of September 18, 1944 5 German units at the Arnhem bridge in the morning of September 19, 1944 39 Allied soldiers on amphetamine 40 The Allied force against Nijmegen on September 20, 1944 78 German units in Nijmegen on September 20, 1944 79 Panzer-Brigade 107 165 Kampfgruppe Chill September 18, 1944 176 General-Major Stanisław Sosabowski 193 The Resistance in Arnhem 198 ‘The Angel of Arnhem’ 209 ‘Daisy’ in Operation Market Garden 226 The Assassination of the British Military Doctor 250 German ‘Red Devils’ in the Battle of Arnhem 258 Battle order at the Groesbeek Ridge on September 22, 1944 275 11th Armoured Division on September 22, 1944 295 Einsatz-Division 180 on September 22, 1944 297 German units against the U.S. 7th Armored Division on 30 September 1944 318 U.S. 7th Armored Division on 30 September 1944 319 Special planes and combat divers against the bridges at Nijmegen 334 Panther No. 222 and the heroic performance of Arnold Osborne 338 Panzer-Brigade 107 – Losses to Panthertanks September – October 1944 342 Maps
Operation Market Garden – Map of the Battle Area Inside the Dust Jacket
Map 1:West Arnhem 30
Map 2:4th Para Brigade’s sector north of Oosterbeek .52
Map 3:Northern Nijmegen 93
Map 4:Betuwe 117
Map 5:Map of Oosterbeek 129
Map 6:The Nijmegen region 150
Map 7:The Eindhoven – Maas region 158
Map 8:Area XII Corps 175
Map 9:Allied positions around Oosterbeek 195
Map 10:Veghel – Uden – Koevering 211
Map 11:The evacuation area 252 Appendix : Soldiers’ graves mentioned in the book 377
Notes 379
Register of names 396
About the author
Christer Bergström (b. 1958) has a reputation as one of the experts on World War II. He has written 31 books on the subject, all in English. Through extensive research, he has provided new insights on many events, including the Ardennes Offensive, the Battle of Britain, Market Garden and Eastern Front.
