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Air War Varsity Kindle Edition

by Martin W. Bowman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
Here, Martin Bowman brings us the first book on Operation Varsity to include both British and US air and ground operations, as well as the US, British and Canadian paratroop and resupply missions, all presented together in one ambitious volume.Operation Varsity-Plunder, the last large-scale Allied airborne operation of World War II, was certainly no walk-over. Varsity was the airborne part, whilst Plunder represented the British amphibious operations by the British Second Army.The airlift consisted of 541 transport aircraft containing airborne troops and a further 1,050 troop-carriers towing 1,350 gliders. The American 17th Airborne Divisions C-46 Commando transports and Waco gliders joined the British 6th Airborne Division C-54s, C-47 transport aircrafts, Horsas and Hamilcar gliders to form an immense armada that stretched for more than 200 miles across the sky. The successful air attack involved more than 10,000 Allied aircraft and was concentrated primarily on Luftwaffe airfields and the German transportation system.The combination of the two divisions in one lift made this the largest single day airborne drop in history. In this impressive account, Martin Bowman weaves firsthand testimony and a compelling historical narrative together with a variety of photographic illustrations, many of which have never been published before, in order to create a complete and fascinating record of events as they played out in March 1945.
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    Pen & Sword Aviation
  4. Publication date
    October 30, 2017
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Martin Bowman is one of Britain's leading aviation authors and has written a great deal of books focussing on aspects of Second World War aviation history. He lives in Norwich in Norfolk. He is the author of many Pen and Sword Aviation titles, including all releases in the exhaustive Air War D-Day and Air War Market Garden series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076CLCGSK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Aviation (October 30, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 30, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 18.5 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
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  • Chet Diestel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Book just as described and speedily sent
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
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    Book was just as described by Amazon, was speedily sent and promptly delivered
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  • Douglas L. Lobato
    3.0 out of 5 stars Heavy on Numbers!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2019
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    This book could have been excellent had there not been all the references to the Numbers of the groups or units that led bombing or fighter coverage. The author must have felt that he should mention each individual group number on each action. The first 3rd of the book was all numbers. This may have been done to honor those groups but it was clutter and useless for the reader. His efforts to include statements and comments from fliers involved in the action was much more helpful and insightful.
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  • John Mc Kenna
    4.0 out of 5 stars True heroism
    Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2019
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    This book tells the story of the "Jump across the Rhine" in graphic truth. The men involved are true heroes.
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  • Glen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly researched and a wealth of information. Officianados of C47 use in WW2 will love it.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2021
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    The first book on Varsity to incorporate details of both the American and the British/Canadian effort in the airborne component of the Rhine river assault in march 1945.

    Absorbing, full of details, superb prose, sometimes informative and sometimes shocking.
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