On 17 September 1944, during Operation Market Garden, the 1st British Airborne Division was the first to be parachuted into the Netherlands: their task - to secure the bridge at Arnhem. Here in words and pictures is a day-by-day, blow-by-blow account of the part that British and American troops play[...]

A Guide to Battles tells the stories of 300 of the world's most dramatic, memorable, and important clashes, from battles in ancient Egypt to the Second Gulf War. Organized chronologically and by region it provides tactical, technological, and historical context. It is highly accessible to the genera[...]