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Four hours of fury : the untold story of World War II's largest airborne invasion and the final push into Nazi Germany  Cover Image Book Book

Four hours of fury : the untold story of World War II's largest airborne invasion and the final push into Nazi Germany / James M. Fenelon.

Summary:

"A historical account of Operation Varsity, the largest airborne invasion of World War II"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501179372
  • ISBN: 1501179373
  • Physical Description: 425 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliography and index.
Subject: Operation Varsity, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Germany.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Terrace Public Library 940.5421 FEN (Text) 35151001087295 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -

List of Diagrams and Maps
xiii
Parachute Infantry Regiment (December 1944) Table of Organization xiv
Prologue xv
PART I DECEMBER 1944--MARCH 1945
1 "Where in the hell is everybody at?"
3(19)
2 The Spartan
22(17)
3 Thunder from Heaven
39(16)
4 Deliberate and Disciplined
55(13)
5 "Fifty percent of two is one"
68(18)
6 Every Hour a Gift
86(14)
7 Sequitis Bastatii
100(23)
8 Secret Destinations
123(23)
9 "Satanic plan of annihilation"
146(12)
10 "Two if by sea"
158(21)
PART II MARCH 24, 1945
11 "Good hunting"
179(18)
12 "Let's go!"
197(21)
13 "The Yanks are coming!"
218(20)
14 "Now is when you pray"
238(22)
15 "I shall fear no evil"
260(8)
16 "Are they going to shoot us now?"
268(9)
17 "A very dirty business"
277(14)
18 "We had luck with us"
291(15)
19 "Organized resistance has now ceased"
306(15)
20 "This is a pursuit"
321(18)
Epilogue 339(4)
Acknowledgments 343(6)
Abbreviations 349(2)
Notes 351(42)
Selected Sources 393(12)
Index 405


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