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Hell's Highway: U.S. 101st Airborne -1944 (Battleground Europe) Paperback – May 18, 2009

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Hell's Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the American Paras (82d Airborne) at Nijmegen and the British I st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Adopting the clear and successful style of Battleground works this book relies on personal accounts to embellish this dramatic story.
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Tim Saunders served as an infantry officer with the British Army for thirty years, during which time he took the opportunity to visit campaigns far and wide, from ancient to modern. Since leaving the Army he has become a full time military historian, with this being his sixteenth book, has made nearly fifty full documentary films with Battlefield History and Pen & Sword. He is an active guide and Accredited Member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen and Sword Military (May 18, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0850528372
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0850528374
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
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    Tim Saunders MBE MA (1956 - ????) served in the British Army as an officer in the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and The Rifles for over 30 years before leaving to become a full time military historian. In his second career he brings together the overlapping spheres of writing, battlefield guiding and military history film making. His intuitive knowledge of warfare and soldiers that is abundantly clear from his insightful and entertaining writing is a result, of his military training, service across the world and his operational experience.

    Tim's portfolio of work is wide, with videos from Vikings to WW2 being made with Battlefield History TV and Pen & Sword Digital, variously as presenter, director and editor, His books, now totalling more than twenty title, however, are mainly focused on the Napoleonic Wars and the battles of the Second World War

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SAC
5.0 out of 5 stars The best for market garden tour
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2019
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The best books to get to tour market garden battlefields
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Hawkeye
4.0 out of 5 stars Hell's Highway or “Club Route” as the British called it.
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2015
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Is another excellent piece by “ Battleground” from Pen & Sword. This particular text in the series edited by Nigel Cave is authored by Tim Saunders. It is made up of part travel guide for the visitor; text to understand the events; divisional historian excerpts; and personal written accounts of this multi-day failed cognitive dissonant plan of Montgomery to leap-frog Nazi defenses during the fall of 1944. The book takes the reader through the tactical, operational, and strategic issues of the battle providing personnel accounts and names. Copious photographs and maps abound the text and are helpful in the understanding of what took place. Coupled with the 1977 film “ A Bridge Too Far,” the student of this battle obtains a good understanding of the risk of this endeavor by the Allied Forces.

Last year at this time I participated in a three day WW II tour of this battlefield led by Jan a 79 year old Nijmegen native and witness to the battle. Although, I saw and walked the ground of the battle this easy to read book is in far more detail and promotes understanding of what actually took place. If you are interested in the 82nd successful assault on the Nijmegen Bridge by Major Julian Cook or the the failed assault on the Arnhem Bridge by Col. John Frost's unit you will be disappointed. The book centers on what transpired on the highway corridor. On my return to this area I will surely have this text to reread.
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Paul S. Lawson
5.0 out of 5 stars Well done tour book
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2013
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This was a great tour book. I was in Eindhoven this past June and used the book in a bicycle tour of of the Eindhoven, Son, and Best areas. Very useful.
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R. Forczyk
5.0 out of 5 stars A Valuable Addition to Market-Garden History
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2002
Hell's Highway, which covers the dramatic events on the Eindhoven-Veghel stretch of highway in Holland on 10-26 September 1944, is one of the better Battleground Europe titles. It was the battle for the highway that ultimately decided the outcome of the Allies daring but risky Operation Market-Garden. Not only does this volume cover a neglected aspect of Operation Market-Garden in great detail, but the author's research, writing style and analysis provides a superb addition to the study of this campaign. The supporting photographs, maps and diagrams are also excellent. Once the additional planned volumes on Nijmegen and the Island are completed, this volume on Hell's Highway will be part of an important new historical trilogy that breaks the campaign down into distinct phases.
This volume consists of 11 chapters, starting with the coup de main seizure of "Joe's Bridge" by the Irish Guards on 10 September 1944. The relatively easy seizure of this vital bridge on the Dutch-Belgian border served to entice Field Marshal Montgomery to attempt even more dramatic operations in order to bring the war to a rapid conclusion. The manner in which Joe's Bridge was seized and its impact upon the planning of Market-Garden is often ignored in standard histories of the campaign, but is covered in this book's second chapter. Beginning with the third chapter, the author shifts to a detailed dissection of Operation Market-Garden in the US 101st Airborne Division and British Guards Armored Division sectors. Individual chapters cover the initial XXX Corps attack, the 101st landings near Son, the often-ignored battle near Best, actions around St. Oedenrode, Veghel and Schijndel, and the German raids that temporarily cut the highway. A detailed order of battle for the British Guards armored division and the US 101st Infantry Division is also provided. Overall, the volume is well put-together and flows smoothly without distraction. Although intended also as a battlefield guide, the author does not allow this requirement to subvert the historical value of his narrative by endless digressions on tourist highlights.
One of the great values of this volume is the attention devoted to the initial XXX Corps attack, which is often glossed over in most accounts in favor of actions at Arnhem. Particularly useful is the overlay depicting the XXX Corps artillery prepatory fire plan; although the 35-minute prep was fired by 350 guns most were lighter 25-pounders since the heavy corps artillery had not caught up to the front yet. Consequently, the initial British prep fire was not as heavy as it should have been. The supporting attacks launched by British 8th and 12th Corps on either side of Hell's Highway are also discussed in this account, although not in great detail. However the most controversial aspect of this volume is the timing of the XXX Corp's starting H-Hour and the corps' premature stop on the first night. The author tends to let Horrocks, the corps commander, off easily by stating that in retrospect, an H-Hour set at 1435 hours was too late in the day and that XXX Corps had little choice but to stop at sunset at 1847 hours. Actually, these explanations appear as little more than a face-saving effort. XXX Corps had been in contact with the German forces around "Joe's Bridge" for seven days prior to the launching of Market-Garden and the British had made little effort to exploit their bridgehead. Even at the time, the Americans felt that the ground phase could have commenced before paratroopers actually started hitting the ground. Horrocks wasted valuable daylight hours because he half expected the operation to be delayed by bad weather over England. After ripping through the outer layer of the thin German defenses along the highway, the British used the loss of 10 out of 200 tanks and the approach of darkness as an excuse to call it a day. Stopping one hour prior to sunset was certainly not the kind of decision one would expect from bold armor leaders. Instead, the Germans used the time to hastily throw together a new blocking force that further delayed XXX Corps on D+1. While most writers tend to blame the operation's ultimate failure on events at Son or Nijmegen, it is apparent that the ground-phase of Garden got off to a bad start.
This volume also has good examples of British armor-US paratrooper joint actions, which are often ignored in other accounts. Typically, most American-written accounts of the campaign tend to depict British armor as timidly led, ineffective and prone to walking into German anti-tank ambushes. While incidents of this sort did occur, American accounts tend to underrate the number of times that British tanks saved US paratroopers from being overrun. One interesting incident detailed here covers an action near Schijndel on 19 September 1944, when a single British Sherman tank operated by only two crewmen saved the US 1/502nd Airborne from a vicious German counterattack. The limping British tank, commanded by a corporal, destroyed several German antiaircraft guns and allowed the US paratroopers to break contact. The attachment of a British tank battalion to the 101st Airborne once the ground link-up occurred is also often ignored. On the other side, German objectives and dispositions are also well covered.
The only negative aspect of this book is the lack of a bibliography or any notes on sources for the numerous first-person accounts. It is obvious that the author has used other secondary sources, such as Kershaw's It Never Snows in September and Ambrose's Band of Brothers. Otherwise, this volume is a valuable addition to any reader interested in a detailed account of the initial ground phase of Market-Garden.
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James Kemp
4.0 out of 5 stars Focus on 101st Airborne in Market Garden
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2015
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Lots of detail on the 101st airborne part of the Operation Market Garden in September 1944
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Michael P. Hollis
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2014
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5.0 out of 5 stars HELL'S HIGHWAY: U.S. 101st Airborne -1944 (Battleground Europe:Market Garden)
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2006
I prefer less detail and more personal information about the soldiers point of view
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antonio
4.0 out of 5 stars Adecuado
Reviewed in Spain on January 8, 2019
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Me ha gustado el libro, tiene bastante informacion,( esta en ingles)
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HK Legends
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book that clearly shows how furious the battles were.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2018
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This is a very interesting and well written book, with plenty of first person accounts from British, American and German troops thatfought in these battles.

Having read lots about this topic from 'Band of Brothers' to 'A Bridge Too Far', this book fills in lots of the gaps in information regarding the fighting of the British armoured and infantry forces and the 101st Airborne with their many extensive battles during the Market Garden campaign. Each of which battles, like those at Best, Veghel and St. Oedenrode, and the Koevering Cut, played key parts in keeping the road open as a supply route for the whole operation.

Most importantly, it demonstrates the tremendous obstacles the armoured troops, oft blamed for being too slow, faced, as once again the Germans fought with utter determination. So this book exonerates these brave men from letting the operation down. Blame that can only, as such, fall to Montgomery for his awful planning.

The only negative with the book is a surprising number of typos. None of these detract from the meaning however, so are just surprising to see in a professionally edited book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars i liked it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2014
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what i have got though i am enjoying dont see why i have to write a report on it left school
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Jim Davies
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2018
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Interested in the Bridge too far campaign
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