{"product_id":"arnhem-black-tuesday-the-classic-world-war-ii-battle-told-as-never-before","title":"Arnhem: Black Tuesday: The Classic World War II Battle Told As Never Before","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e' Utterly brilliant... this book really is the last word on the Battle of Arnhem'\u003c\/b\u003e James Holland\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e' Superb... A military historian of originality and insight to compare with the best'\u003c\/b\u003e Saul David\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'This book is a revelation, not in facts delivered, but in the mood evoked. This is Arnhem unplugged By confining himself to men in and around Arnhem on that Tuesday, Murray achieves something special'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e___________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAl Murray has always been obsessed by this legendary battle, and in \u003ci\u003eArnhem: Black Tuesday\u003c\/i\u003e he showcases all of his knowledge, interpretation and enthusiasm to bear to tell the story of one of history' s great heroic failures differently for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history: a daring but doomed attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine in order to end the war before Christmas 1944. It is always written about, with the benefit of unerring 20\/20 hindsight, as being destined to fail, but the men who fought there, men of military legend, didn't know that that was to be their fate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy focusing on the events of one day as they happened through the eyes of the British participants and without bringing any knowledge of what would happen tomorrow to bear, Al Murray offers a very different perspective on a familiar narrative. Some things went right and a great many more went wrong, but recounting them in this way allows the reader to understand for the first time how certain decisions were taken in the moment and how opportunities were squandered.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tuesday 19 September 1944 was the terrible day which became known as Black Tuesday. From just after 12:00 hours while plans were being made to seize the initiative and optimism reigned, to the following midnight, when Arnhem was burning and the Allied fortunes looked very different, a mere twenty-four hours changed the course of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Transworld Publishers Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781804995457\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Limited","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47917343899825,"sku":"SB-1804995452-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1804995452.jpg?v=1789441017","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/arnhem-black-tuesday-the-classic-world-war-ii-battle-told-as-never-before","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}