LEADER 00000nim a22004935a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125053257.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 141101s2012 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781469001180 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1469001187 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ gil_9781469001180_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11212830 037 11212830|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 940.54/219218|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 McManus, John C.,|d1965- 245 10 September hope :|bthe American side of a bridge too far |h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cJohn C. McManus. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bGildan Audio,|c2012. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (900 min.)) :|bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Walter Dixon. 520 In September Hope, acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II's most ambitious invasion, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi Germany before the end of 1944. Operation Market-Garden is one of the war's most famous, but least understood, battles, and McManus tells the story of the American contribution to this crucial phase of the war in Europe. August 1944 saw the Allies achieve more significant victories than in any other month over the course of the war. Soviet armies annihilated more than twenty German divisions and pushed the hated enemy from Russia to deep inside Poland. General Eisenhower's D-Day Invasion led to the liberation of France. Encouraged by these triumphs, British, Canadian and American armored columns plunged into Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. The Germans were in disarray, overwhelmed on all fronts, losing soldiers by the thousands as Allied bombers pulverized their cities. For the Third Reich it seemed the end was near. Rumors swirled that the war would soon be over and that everyone would be home for Christmas. Then came September, and Holland. On September 17, the largest airborne drop in military history commenced-including two entire American divisions, the 101st and the 82nd. Their mission was to secure key bridges at such places as Son, Eindhoven, Grave and Nijmegen until British armored forces could relieve them. The armor would slash northeast, breech the Rhine and go wild on the north German plains. However, the Germans were much stronger than the Allies anticipated. In eight days of ferocious combat, they mauled the airborne, stymied the tanks and prevented the Allies from crossing the Rhine. For the first time, using never-before-seen sources and countless personal interviews, September Hope reveals the American perspective on one of the most famous and decisive battles of World War II. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 10 United States.|bArmy.|bAirborne Division, 82nd|xHistory. 610 10 United States.|bArmy.|bAirborne Division, 101st|xHistory. 650 0 Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xCampaigns|zNetherlands. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xAerial operations, American. 700 1 Dixon, Walter. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11212830?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ gil_9781469001180_180.jpeg