The "Epic Trilogy of World War II" includes "The Longest Day: The Normandy Invasion of 1944", "A Far Bridge: Operation Market Garden of 1944" and "The Last Battle: The Battle of Berlin 1945". It is an epic masterpiece written by Cornelius Ryan, a famous historical writer and war correspondent, which took nearly 30 years to complete after personally experiencing World War II. Through the three decisive battles during World War II, it vividly reproduces those great historical moments that determine the fate of the world. This is the second volume of "A Bridge Far Away: Operation Market Garden 1944". Marshal Montgomery said: It was 90% successful. But in every battle, there are only two possibilities, either success or failure! In order to end the European battlefield before the end of 1944, after the successful landing in Normandy, the Allied decision-makers, who were complacent due to consecutive victories, deployed more than 5,500 transport aircraft, 2,596 gliders, and more than 8,000 combat aircraft. Fighters and bombers launched a joint offensive of airborne troops and ground armored troops unprecedented in the history of human warfare, dropping 35,000 airborne troops behind the German positions to capture the Arnhem Bridge across the Rhine River... This was the Battle of Arnhem, codenamed Operation Market Garden. It was a bold and imaginative combat operation in World War II, but it was also a major defeat suffered by the Allied forces on the European battlefield. The Allies paid a huge price for this, with casualties as high as twice that of the Normandy landings. Among the 10,000 soldiers of the British Airborne Division alone, 1,400 were killed, 6,000 were captured, and only 2,300 successfully broke through. "A Bridge Far Away" is a historical work about "Operation Market Garden". While suffering from a terminal illness, the author Cornelius Ryan devoted the rest of his life to interviewing more than 1,200 people over a period of 7 years. He searched for the historical truth and details from a vast sea of diaries, letters, reports and other materials, and completely restored the entire process of this most dramatic battle from planning to failure. This is a thrilling fight, a war epic that trembles the soul. The cruelty, despair, grief, and tragic heroism faced by the airborne troops who went deep behind enemy lines and were isolated and helpless were vividly written through Ryan's touching words. This was a failure of strategy, this was a feat of execution, this was the history of the nine days and nights of the Battle of Arnhem. It turned a frustrating and tragic defeat into an eternal memory and lesson for future generations. This great battle cannot be repeated, and this ancient classic cannot be rewritten. In a modern business society far away from the smoke and smoke of battlefields, "A Bridge Far Away" is still a good book that everyone should read over and over again and use for life.
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