A Street in Arnhem: The Agony of Occupation and Liberation

A Street in Arnhem: The Agony of Occupation and Liberation
ISBN-10
0711038287
ISBN-13
9780711038288
Category
Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944
Language
English
Published
2015
Author
Robert Kershaw

Description

This gripping story is incredibly compelling and graphically portrays for readers the dramatic reality of having the street you have lived in peacefully for years engulfed in a major conflict.

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