TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fenelon,James
TI  - Four hours of fury: the untold story of World War II's largest airborne operation and the final push into Nazi Germany 
SN  - 9781501179372
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Operation Varsity, 1945
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Germany
N1  - Includes bibliographical resources (pages 393-404) and index; December 1944-March 1945. "Where in the hell is everybody at?" -- The Spartan -- Thunder from heaven -- Deliberate and disciplined -- Fifty percent of two is one -- Every hour a gift -- Sequitis bastatii -- Secret destinations -- "Satanic plans of annihilation" -- "Two if by sea?" -- March 24, 1945. "Good hunting" -- "Let's go!" -- "The Yanks are coming" -- "Now is when you pray" -- "I shall fear no evil" -- "Are they going to shoot us now?" -- "A very dirty business" -- "We had luck with us" -- "Organized resistance has now ceased" -- "This is a pursuit"
N2  - "A historical account of Operation Varsity, the largest airborne invasion of World War II"--; March 24, 1945. More than two thousand Allied aircraft droned through a cloudless sky toward Germany, carrying 17,000 troops to be dropped, via parachute and glider, on the far banks of the Rhine River. Four hours later, after what was the war's largest airdrop, all major objectives had been seized. The war in Europe ended less than two months later. As the Third Reich began to implode, it was vital for Allied troops to have direct access into Germany to guarantee victory. The 17th Airborne secured that bridgehead over the River Rhine-- yet their story has until now been relegated to history's footnotes. Fenelon follows the 17th Airborne Division as they prepare for Operation Varsity, a campaign that would rival Normandy in scale. -- adapted from Amazon.com info
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