1st Airborne

1st Airborne Market Garden 1944 Author:Simon Forty Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:7.25" x 9.75" Pages:64 Photos:Color and b/w photos throughout Publisher:Casemate ISBN:9781612005409 Item No. 9781612005409 While the 6th Airborne Division had landed in France on D-Day and covered itself in glory, its counterpart, the 1st Airborne Division, had last seen action during an amphibious assault at Taranto on September 9, 1943, as part of the invasion of Italy. Returned to the UK in December 1943, it was held in reserve during the battle of Normandy and spent three months waiting for action, as plan after plan was proposed and then discarded, such was the speed of the Allied pursuit of the Germans. In September 1944, however, 1st Airborne played a leading role in Operation Market—the air component of Operation Market Garden, an audacious attempt by the Allies to bypass the Siegfried Line and advance into th