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September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far
In September Hope, acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II’s most ambitious invasion, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi Germany before the end of 1944. Operation Market-Garden is one of the war’s most famous, but least understood, battles, and McManus tells the story of the American contribution to this crucial phase of the war in Europe.August...more
Hardcover, 512 pages
Published
June 2012
by New American Library
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I've read lots of books on American airborne operations in World War II, from Koskimaki's trilogy of the 101st, Ambrose's "Band of Brothers" and Nordyke's history of the 82nd, to personal accounts from Carter, Gavin, Burgett, Webster and Magellas. So it was nice to finally get a book which put all the American storylines together.
Market Garden was a flawed plan put together in haste and hampered by poor decisions from the top Allied brass. The author doesn't pull any punches in his criticism of...more
Market Garden was a flawed plan put together in haste and hampered by poor decisions from the top Allied brass. The author doesn't pull any punches in his criticism of...more
In “September Hope”, author John McManus attempted to describe Operation Market Garden from an almost purely American point of view. I discovered while reading his work that Market Garden couldn’t be adequately described by giving only one Allied nation’s perspective – British and American operations were too interconnected to make this possible and key pieces to the puzzle that explained why the battle turned out the way it did would be missing.
The author’s overreliance on anecdotal accounts al...more
The author’s overreliance on anecdotal accounts al...more
Once again, John McManus delivers. Most people who read books about WWII are familiar with Cornelius Ryan's work, A Bridge Too Far, but few know the American side of that story. McManus has remedied that problem with September Hope. Like Alamo in the Ardennes, you are there, jumping out of the C-47 near places like Best or Grave. You fight the tough street battles while receiving assistance from the Dutch Underground. If you liked Bridge Too Far, you'll like this one.
I really enjoyed it. It had lots of detail of the American units. I was not familiar with the details of the river crossing and taking of the bridges at Nijmegen. A great story told in a comprehensive manner.
This is the American perspective of Cornelius Ryan's A Bridge Too Far. This was one of the largest combined airborne drop during World War II with as many casualties during the Normandy invasion.
An excellent version of the American efforts at Market Garden.
I am enjoyed this book, but some terminology used by the author is troubling. For example, in the same paragraph, he calls a tank an armored vehicle and then a tank again.
Having been a long-time fan of Cornelius Ryan's classic books (A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day, The Last Battle), I thought reading about Operation Market-Garden from the American side was very interesting.
Having been a long-time fan of Cornelius Ryan's classic books (A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day, The Last Battle), I thought reading about Operation Market-Garden from the American side was very interesting.
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