1944年的阿纳姆空降行动，因电影《桥太远》而不朽，将作为一项伟大的英军壮举被永远铭记。英国和波兰伞兵在绝境中表现出非凡的勇气和坚韧。然而，正如这本书所描述的，由于党卫军第9和第10装甲师正在休养并隐藏在附近，该计划存在致命缺陷。接下来是一场血腥的消耗战，其结果可以说是不可避免的。
这部战争系列作品以罕见且未出版的照片为基础，揭示了霍恩斯陶芬师和弗伦兹伯格师的历史作战记录。它描述了这些精锐党卫军和支援部队在阿纳姆及其周边地区对抗一个装备轻巧但意志坚定的敌人的战斗强度。尽管距离战争结束只有几个月的时间，而且战败的可能性越来越大，但这位党卫军士兵仍然有着狂热的动机。
这本图文并茂的书以其精心研究的文本和完整的标题捕捉了那场历史性的莱茵河大桥之战的剧情。
The Waffen SS at Arnhem: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)
The 1944 Arnhem airborne operation, immortalized by the film A Bridge Too Far, will forever be remembered as a great British feat of arms. British and Polish paratroopers displayed outstanding courage and tenacity in a desperate last stand situation. And yet, as this book describes, the plan was fatally flawed as the 9th and 10th SS Panzer Divisions were recuperating and concealed nearby. What followed was a bloody battle of attrition the result of which was arguably inevitable.
Drawing on rare and unpublished photographs, this Images of War series work reveals the historical combat record of the Hohenstaufen and Frundsberg divisions. It describes the intensity of the fighting in and around Arnhem between these elite SS and supporting units against a lightly armed yet equally determined enemy. In spite of the war being only months away from its end and the defeat increasingly certain, the SS soldier remained fanatically motivated.
This superbly illustrated book with its well-researched text and full captions captures the drama of that historic battle for a bridge over the Rhine.
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