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The Battle of the Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden

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By (author): Frank van Lunteren

Operation Market Garden has been recorded as a complete Allied failure in World War II, an overreach that resulted in an entire airborne division being destroyed at its apex. However, within that operation were episodes of heroism that still remain unsung. On September, 17, 1944, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, floated down across the Dutch countryside, in the midst of German forces, and proceeded to fight their way to vital bridges to enable the Allied offensive to go forward. The 101st Airborne was behind them; the British 1st Airbourne was far advanced. In the 82nds sector the crucial conduits needed to be seized. The Germans knew the importance of the bridge over the Waal River at Nijmegen as well as James Gavin and his 82nd troopers did. Thus began a desperate fight for the Americans to seize it, no matter what the cost. The Germans would not give, however, and fought tenaciously in the town and fortified the bridge. On September 20 Gavin turned his paratroopers into sailors and conducted a deadly daylight amphibious assault in small plywood and canvas craft across the Waal River to secure the north end of the highway bridge in Nijmegen. German machine guns and mortars boiled the water on the crossing, but somehow a number of paratroopers made it to the far bank. Their ferocity thence rolled up the German defenses, and by the end of day the bridge had fallen. This book draws on a plethora of previously unpublished sources to shed new light on the exploits of theDevils in Baggy Pants by Dutch author and historian Frank van Lunteren. A native of Arnhemthe site of The Bridge too Farthe author draws on nearly 130 interviews he personally conducted with veterans of the 504th, plus Dutch civilians and British and German soldiers, who here tell their story for the first time. See more
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  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Jul 2014
  • Publisher: Casemate Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781612002323

About Frank van Lunteren

Frank van Lunteren was born and raised in Arnhem the Netherlands. While studying history in Nijmegen in the spring of 2001 he established contact with a WWII veteran of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Shortly after he graduated as a historian Van Lunteren was guest speaker at the August 2007 Convention of the 504th PIR Association. There veteran Francis Keefe (19242021) asked him to write a book on the entire regiment. The research process of over twenty years culminated in five volumes: Birth of a Regiment (May 1942September 1943) Spearhead of the Fifth Army (September 1943April 1944) The Battle of the Bridges (April 1944November 1944) Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper (November 1944February 1945) End of an Odyssey (February 1945January 1946). From activation to the New York Victory Parade Colonel Reuben Tuckers troopers are followed throughout World War II.

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