Immortalised in the film A Bridge Too Far, the Battle of Arnhem was the conclusion of Operation Market Garden - a bold plan formulated by Field Marshal Montgomery to bypass the Siegfried Line and enter Germany.
Ultimately unsuccessful, the battle is still widely considered a feat of great courage and endurance by the British 1st Airborne Division. Pen & Sword Books have a wide range of titles covering this famous battle of 1944.
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An intriguing look at the WW2 operation known as "Market Garden." The book looks at the errors and political in-fighting that took place and ultimately doomed this operation. An extremely informative review.
NetGalley, Ron Baumer
An intriguing look at the WW2 operation known as "Market Garden." The book looks at the errors and political in-fighting that took place and ultimately doomed this operation. An extremely informative review.
NetGalley, Ron Baumer
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I found this a very interesting read. The experiences of a man who did what was asked of him, and did it well. His views on the RASC were not brilliant, and his experiences of officers, especially at Arnhem, are not very positive. Perhaps a different view of Arnhem to many other accounts I've read. Once the war was over he wasn't keen to stay, and was pleased to be able to get back to his civilian life. An Epilogue does round off a number of points he makes within his memoir. I enjoyed reading this one.
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Military Model Scene
I found this a very interesting read. The experiences of a man who did what was asked of him, and did it well. His views on the RASC were not brilliant, and his experiences of officers, especially at Arnhem, are not very positive. Perhaps a different view of Arnhem to many other accounts I've read. Once the war was over he wasn't keen to stay, and was pleased to be able to get back to his civilian life. An Epilogue does round off a number of points he makes within his memoir. I enjoyed reading this one.
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Article: 'Tale of how railway worker became an airborne warrior'
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Captured Memories 1930 - 1945
In this sequel to his successful first volume Peter Liddle brings his years of Oral History experience to the Thirties and the Second World War. He was the founder/Director of a new archive in 1999 specifically dedicated to the rescue of evidence of the Second World War which now documents the lives of more than nine thousand people in that war. Many… Read more...
Following on from BHTV's earlier film in the Market Garden series on the story of Hell's Highway, the series reaches the battle to seize the great Bridges over two of Europe's largest water ways; the Maas and the Waal at Nijmegen. Here the 82nd US airborne were, as elsewhere, denied coup de main attacks to seize the bridges by the air commanders. While… Read more...
The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly debated battle of the North West European Campaign, both then and now. From its inception in the sixteen canceled airborne operations during August, we will chart the problems, many of which were ignored by men desperate to get into battle, the compromises… Read more...
Montgomery's brainchild, Operation Market Garden, was designed to end the war by Christmas 1944 and clear away Hitler's V weapons from the North Sea Coast. Following the collapse of the German Army in Normandy and its flight back across northern France, it seemed that a bold move to seize the three major and numerous other waterways across Holland… Read more...