Airborne Assault: Red Devils over Arnhem will let you rewrite the history of one of World War II's most famous battles. By Scott Osborne on May 17, 2006 at 3:08PM PDT 1 Comments ...

What was meant to be a swift and decisive strike turned into one of Britain’s most costly airborne operations. In this video, I explore the Battle of Arnhem - part of Operation Market Garden - and how ...

ARNHEM, Netherlands — According to historians, several key factors, including inclement weather and ill-placed drop zones, threatened the Allied forces’ success during the 1944 Operation ...

September 17, 1944, southern Holland. General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane engines. From his balcony he watched an air armada of ...

On Sept. 25, 1944, Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart, commander of the 1st Airborne Division, ordered his surviving forces to evacuate. Just 2,500 of the British and Polish troops escaped Arnhem.

The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II Antony Beevor. Viking, $35 (496p) ISBN 978-0-525-42982-1 ...