Discover the Sunday Times bestseller and incredible true story behind the most catastrophic
24-hours the British military faced in World War II from the bestselling author. 'Utterly
brilliant... this book really is the last word on the Battle of Arnhem' James Holland
'Superb... A military historian of originality and insight to compare with the best' Saul David
_________ The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history:
a daring but doomed attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine in order to end the
war before Christmas 1944. It is always written about with the benefit of unerring 20 20
hindsight as being destined to fail but the men who fought there men of military legend
didn't know that that was to be their fate. Now in Arnhem: Black Tuesday Al Murray focuses
on the events of one day as they happened through the eyes of the British participants without
bringing any knowledge of what would happen tomorrow to bear offering a very different
perspective on a familiar narrative. Some things went right and a great many more went wrong
but recounting them in this way allows the reader to understand for the first time how certain
decisions were taken in the moment and how opportunities were squandered. Al Murray has
always been obsessed by this legendary battle and in Arnhem: Black Tuesday he showcases all of
his knowledge interpretation and enthusiasm to bear to tell the story of one of history's
great heroic failures differently for the first time. _________ Praise for Arnhem: Black
Tuesday: 'Original and insightful' Telegraph 'A revelation.. This is Arnhem unplugged. By
confining himself to men in and around Arnhem on that Tuesday Murray achieves something
special' The Times
