Kirjahaku

De allierades misslyckade insats av fallskärmsjägare vid Arnhem i september 1944 är välkänd, inte minst genom storfilmen "En bro för mycket".Men mycket av historieskrivningen är ofullständig. Denna bok ger den hittills mest kompletta genomgången av operation "Market Garden". Många invanda föreställningar ställs på huvudet av nya, tidigare okända fakta.Här läggs också mycket mer fokus än vanligt på den tyska sidan, samt på brittiska 30. kårens framryckning på marken. Och på brittiska 12. och 8. kårerna som skulle ha täckt flankerna! Faktum är ju att de luftlandsatta operationerna bara var understödsoperationer åt markoffensiven.Boken är - i likhet med Bergströms "Ardennerna", "Slaget om England" och "Operation Barnarossa" - rikt illustrerad med många aldrig förr publicerade bilder, och full av dramatiska ögonvittnesskildringar. Därtill många tydliga kartor.Del 1 - "Pansar och fallskärmsjägare" - utkommer i november 2017. Del 2 - "Den förlorade segern" utkommer våren 2018.

This is the ultimate book on ”Operation Market Garden”, by internationally highly acclaimed military historian Christer Bergström.The indepth research made by the author has resulted in many myths and misconceptions being convincingly dispelled, backed up by detailed source notes. . In fact, these two volumes form a completely new image of the battle in the Netherlands in the autumn of 1944.

All previous published accounts of Operation ”Market Garden” end the main story with the evacuation of the British airborne troops from Oosterbeek – which obscures the fact that Operation Market Garden at that time was still to be regarded as essentially a great success. It was only due to the following development of events (including the battle at Overloon in October 1944) that meant that the strategic success of Operation Market Garden could not be utilized to end the war before the turn of the year 1944.This is a story that has never been told before, and which is described and analysed in detail in the concluding Volume 2 of Christer Bergström’s ”Arnhem 1944”.

A superb study for both the historian and modeler, this book contains 124 color profiles showing Luftwaffe single-engine fighter aircraft - Bf 109, Fw 190, Ta 152, Me 262, Me 163, and He 162 - once piloted by some of the most famous German aces of World War II. Also shown are war-era photographs of select aircraft and pilots. The book begins with a summary of Luftwaffe fighter camouflage and color schemes on the various war fronts, then explains unit markings, tactical codes, personal markings and other markings. Luftwaffe Fighter Aircraft in Profile serves as the perfect introduction to the history of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. At the same time, it is an indispensable volume to the aircraft modeler.