Major and Mrs.Holt's Battlefield Guide Operation Market Garden Book

The airborne landing at Arnhem in October 1944, immortalized in the film A Bridge Too Far, has become one of military historys most legendary battles. The operation involved the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in addition to the British and Polish paratroopers, and featured a British armored advance spearheaded by the Guards Armoured Division. The Arnhem-Nijmegen-Eindhoven area sees an ever-increasing number of visitors, and new memorials and exhibits are still being created. Tonie and Valmai Holt pioneered the modern battlefield tour, and have written acclaimed guides to the Somme, Ypres, Gallipoli and the Normandy Beaches, all of which are still available (see right). This guide to the area of the Arnhem operation features hundreds of color photographs, detailed tours of all the monuments and battle sites, and a large color map in addition to numerous ones in the text. Besides tourists, re-enactors, gamers and readers fascinated with the drama of the Arnhem epic will find this an invaluable guide.Read More