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DELIVER US FROM DARKNESS

by Ian Gardiner

Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st. 2012

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The Untold Story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment during Operation Market Garden. Follow-up to the critically acclaimed Tonight We Die As Men, drawing on years of research and extended interviews with veterans and civilians caught up in the fighting to tell this gripping account. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps.

Tiny nick to margin of one page else fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 9781849087179
Stock no. 1825320

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Contents

  • Foreword by Mario "Hank" Di-Carlo
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. "Tell everyone I said Hello"
  • Rebuilding the battalion - August 1944
  • 2. "Circle of Fire"
  • The German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands
  • 3. "All leave Cancelled"
  • Prepare for Action - September 14, 1944
  • 4. "A parade ground jump"
  • September 17, 1944
  • 5. "Road to Eindhoven"
  • September 17-18, 1944
  • 6. "A city in chains"
  • The liberation of Eindhoven - September 1944
  • 7. "The burning Sky"
  • The bombing of Eindhoven - September 19, 1944
  • 8. "No time to bleed"
  • Hell's Highway - September 21 - October 1, 1944
  • 9. "Life and Death on the island"
  • Surviving the nightmare
  • 10. "Quiet as a Church"
  • Opheusden - October 5-7, 1944
  • 11. "Welcome to the meat grinder"
  • The battle of "the island" - October 1944
  • 12. "Operation Pegasus I"
  • The rescue of the British Paras - October 22, 1944
  • 13. "Our work is nearly done"
  • Driel - October 26 - November 27, 1944
  • 14. "Club Mocambo"
  • Camp Chalons - November 28-December 20,1944
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index

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