My new book, A Bloody Week, looks at the Irish at Arnhem. Nothing like it had ever been attempted before – 35,000 airborne troops were to be flown from England and dropped behind enemy lines. It was the first time airborne troops were to be used by the Allies on such a massive scale. Over nine days , the Allied forces desperately defended the north side of the Arnhem road bridge and the ever-shrinking perimeter in the western suburb of Oosterbeek. A Bloody Week: The Irish at Arnhem is published by Merrion Press

Source: The Irish Times December 30, 2019 05:37 UTC