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"Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of
World War II with power and authority...A riveting read" (Donald L.
Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of the Air)
about World War II's largest airborne operation--one that dropped
17,000 Allied paratroopers deep into the heart of Nazi Germany.On
the morning of March 24, 1945, more than two thousand Allied
aircraft droned through a cloudless sky toward Germany. Escorted by
swarms of darting fighters, the armada of transport planes carried
17,000 troops to be dropped, via parachute and glider, on the far
banks of the Rhine River. Four hours later, after what was the
war's largest airdrop, all major objectives had been seized. The
invasion smashed Germany's last line of defense and gutted Hitler's
war machine; the war in Europe ended less than two months later.
Four Hours of Fury follows the 17th Airborne Division as they
prepare for Operation Varsity, a campaign that would rival Normandy
in scale and become one of the most successful and important of the
war. Even as the Third Reich began to implode, it was vital for
Allied troops to have direct access into Germany to guarantee
victory--the 17th Airborne secured that bridgehead over the River
Rhine. And yet their story has until now been relegated to
history's footnotes. In this viscerally exciting account,
paratrooper-turned-historian James Fenelon "details every aspect of
the American 17th Airborne Division's role in Operation
Varsity...inspired" (The Wall Street Journal). Reminiscent of A
Bridge Too Far and Masters of the Air, Four Hours of Fury does for
the 17th Airborne what Band of Brothers did for the 101st. It is a
captivating, action-packed tale of heroism and triumph spotlighting
one of World War II's most under-chronicled and dangerous
operations.
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