September 17, 1944. Thousands of Screaming Eagles–101st
Airborne Division paratroopers–descend from the sky over Holland,
dropping deep behind German lines in a daring daylight mission to
seize and secure the road leading north to Arnhem and the Rhine.
Their success would allow the Allied army to advance swiftly into
Germany. The Screaming Eagles accomplish their initial objectives
within hours, but keeping their sections of “Hell’s Highway” open
takes another seventy-two days of fierce round-the-clock fighting
against crack German troops and tank divisions.
Drawing on interviews with more than six hundred paratroopers,
George E. Koskimaki chronicles, with vivid firsthand accounts, the
dramatic, never-before-told story of the Screaming Eagles’ valiant
struggle. Hell’s Highway also tellsof the Dutch citizens and
members of the underground who were liberated after five years of
Nazi oppression and never forgot America’s airborne heroes. This
renowned force risked their lives for the freedom of a small
country . . . and the world.
關於作者:
George E. Koskimaki, a noted historian of the 101st Airborne
Division, is the author of D-Day with the Screaming Eagles and The
Battered Bastards of Bastogne. He lives in Northville,
Michigan.