Deliver Us From Darkness

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Deliver Us From Darkness

The Untold Story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment during Market Garden

True war and combat stories General and world history Asian history History of the Americas Military history Second World War Land forces and warfare Battles and campaigns Military veterans

Author: Ian Gardner

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Language: English

Published by: Osprey Publishing

Published on: 20th April 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 344 pages

ISBN: 9781780963983


Book Overview

This follow-up to Tonight We Die As Men continues the story of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as they dropped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden.

The following 72-day campaign saw the 506PIR constantly on the move, defending various transport hubs around Eindhoven, desperately trying to keep open Hell's Highway. From there, the airborne troopers moved north to near Arnhem where they took a new position around Betuwe.

For two months, the Americans battled against German tanks, constant artillery barrages and driving rain and they grimly held their ground, until the Germans finally abandoned the effort.

Written with the help and input from numerous veterans, this book tells the complete story of many of America's best soldiers as they fought and died in Holland.

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