Operation Varsity: Rhine Crossing: The British & Canadian Airborne Assault

by Tim Saunders

In Spring 1945 the outcome of the war was ritually certain but the mighty River Rhine still stood in the way of the Allies. Eisenhower's strategy was to guarantee a crossing in the Ruhr area by allocating the main effort to Montgomery's 21st Army Group. Monty's task was to envelope and take out the last German war production and open the way onto the North German Plain.

On the morning of 24 March 1945 the Normandy veterans of 6th British Airborne...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184415601X
• ISBN13: 9781844156016
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.6"