Like the other books in the Holts' acclaimed Battlefield Guide Series (see inside front cover for details) this is much more than just a guidebook. It charts in fascinating detail what happened at each recommended stop and brings alive, with cameos and personal recollections, the dramatic events of September 1944.**It is the very first detailed guide to chart the entire MARKET-GARDEN Corridor - from Leopoldsburg in Belgium and over the important bridges at the Scheldt-Maas Canal, the Wilhelmina Canal, the Zuid Willemsvaart Canal, the Maas and the Waal to the Bridge at Arnhem over the Lower Rhine - the 'Bridge Too Far'.**There are stories of gallantry, despair, humour, fear and dogged persistence**- here was a hidden execution ground and cemetery in Belgium*- here Pfc Joe Mann threw himself onto a grenade to save his buddies*- here the 504th PIR made the daring crossing over the Waal*- here was Diogenes, the Germans' menacing secret bunker*- here twin brothers of the British Airborne were killed together*- here Colonel Johnny Frost clung on for 4 desperate days**This third edition includes:** An UPDATE Section with GPS locations, new/changed Memorials, Museums and Tourist Information* An Approach Route and five recommended timed Itineraries* Sketch maps in all the Itineraries* Memorials to the liberating Allies and the suffering Civilians* Museums, sites of DZs and LZs* Allied and German Cemeteries and Information on their War Graves Associations* Historical background to and summary of the Operation* Holland after the battles to the present day* Information on Veterans' and Commemorative Associations and Events* Useful tourist information* Full colour illustrations throughout