ARNHEM: BLACK TUESDAY

Discover the Sunday Times bestseller and incredible true story behind the most catastrophic 24 hours the British military faced in World War II from the bestselling author Utterly brilliant this book really is the last word on the Battle of Arnhem James Holland Superb A military historian of originality and insight to compare with the best Saul David The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best known stories in British military history a daring but doomed attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine in order to end the war before Christmas 1944 It is always written about with the benefit of unerring 20 20 hindsight as being destined to fail but the men who fought there men of military legend didn t know that that was to be their fate Now in Arnhem Black Tuesday Al Murray focuses on the events of one day as they happened through the eyes of the British participants without bringing any knowledge of what would happen tomorrow to bear offering a very different perspective on a familiar narrative Some things went right and a great many more went wrong but recounting them in this way allows the reader to understand for the first time how certain decisions were taken in the moment and how opportunities were squandered Al Murray has a