Hell's Highway: U.S. 101st Airborne & Guards Armoured Division
Tim Saunders
This book covers the part played in operation Market Garden by the
101st Airborne Division and the British Guards Armoured Divisions in
the heady days of September 1944, following the German defeat in
Normandy.
The first phase of the battle was the seizure of the river and canal
bridges on twenty miles of road between the city of Eindhoven and the
town of Veghel. The British XXX Corps were to drive north up the road,
variously called the 'Corridor', 'Centre Line' or 'Club Route' and the
Americans, with full justification, came to know as Hell's HIghway.
Over the following days, in operations reminiscent of the Indian Wars
fought on the Great Plains of America, the 101st Airborne or 'Screaming
Eagles' marched and counter-marched to keep German Kampfgruppen
at bay.
Softcover, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 160 pages, b/w photos, maps.
$16.95