A Bridge Too Far (1974)

by Cornelius Ryan

Cornelius Ryan presents the story of Operation Market-Garden with a scholar's attention to detail and a novelist's attention to human drama.

 

Cornelius Ryan

Following D-Day, General Montgomery undertook a daring push to enter Germany and force its surrender.

 

Paratroopers were dropped in advance to secure important bridges and hold them until ground forces arrived. 

Unfortunately, German resistance was far greater than anticipated and the route itself was often too narrow or inadequate in other ways, making the passage of a large armored force impractical.

 

The result was a debacle and a great waste of human life. 

Monuments and memorials are important symbols of our gratitude to the men and women who have sacrificed so much on our behalf. 

However, I think books like this are even more valuable. 

They bring us as close to standing by their sides as possible for one who wasn't there and deepens our understanding of their gift to us.

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"A Bridge Too Far" (Dutch)

"One Bridge Too Far" (Hebrew)

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"A Bridge Too Far" (Portuguese)

"The Arnhem Bridge" (German)

"The Regret of Seizing the Bridge: The Ambition and Tragedy of the Battle of Market Garden" (Chinese)

"One Bridge Too Many: The Battle of Arnhem" (Swedish)

"The Distant Bridge" (Czech)