Arnhem by Major-General R E Urquhart.
Major-General Urquhart commanded the 1st British Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden, the greatest airbone assault of
World War II, the struggle to capture Arnhem and win control of the bridge across the lower Rhine. The story of the 1st Airborne
Division at Arnhem involved not only an Airborne Corps of three Divisions but also the bulk of the British 2nd Army in Europe. Gen.
Urquhart has told the story of those fateful nine days clearly, frankly and, despite the terrible circumstances, not without humour. It
ranks as an important work, describing an operation which opened with such high hopes and left its name forever as a feat of the
highest endurance and valour.
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Major-General Urquhart commanded the 1st British Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden, the greatest airbone assault of
World War II, the struggle to capture Arnhem and win control of the bridge across the lower Rhine. The story of the 1st Airborne
Division at Arnhem involved not only an Airborne Corps of three Divisions but also the bulk of the British 2nd Army in Europe. Gen.
Urquhart has told the story of those fateful nine days clearly, frankly and, despite the terrible circumstances, not without humour. It
ranks as an important work, describing an operation which opened with such high hopes and left its name forever as a feat of the
highest endurance and valour.
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Arnhem 1944 The Airborne Battle by Martin Middlebrook
Arnhem was meant to end the war in Europe. The Germans were in retreat from Normandy and seemed to be beaten. Three
airborne divisions were to seize the bridges across the great rivers of Holland and unleash the Allied armies into Germany. The Battle
of Arnhem was a turning-point in the war, a gamble by Montgomery, using three airborne divisions to capture a series of bridges
across the wide rivers that separated a powerful mobile army from the plains of northern Germany. If the bridges had been captured
and held, and the ground forces had been able to relieve the airborne forces, then there would have been a good chance of ending
the war before Christmas 1944.
It all went wrong. The initial operation was successful, the bridges taken by the Americans were relieved by ground troops, but
these troops could not reach Arnhem quickly enough. In the meantime, only a small part of the 1st British Airborne Division had
reached the Arnhem Bridge. Most of the remainder of the airborne force was held up on the outskirts of the town by German units
that turned out to be far stronger than expected - a major intelligence failure. After nine days of fighting, the survivors of the
division were withdrawn across the Rhine and it was not until many months later that ground forces captured Arnhem.
Using the technique he has perfected over twenty-five years of military study, blending meticulous research based on original
documents with the personal experiences of more than 500 participants, Martin Middlebrook describes the Battle of Arnhem from
start to finish, from one end of that complicated battlefield to the other. On this fiftieth anniversary, he offers a masterly summary
of what went wrong in the last major defeat in battle suffered by the British Army.
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Arnhem was meant to end the war in Europe. The Germans were in retreat from Normandy and seemed to be beaten. Three
airborne divisions were to seize the bridges across the great rivers of Holland and unleash the Allied armies into Germany. The Battle
of Arnhem was a turning-point in the war, a gamble by Montgomery, using three airborne divisions to capture a series of bridges
across the wide rivers that separated a powerful mobile army from the plains of northern Germany. If the bridges had been captured
and held, and the ground forces had been able to relieve the airborne forces, then there would have been a good chance of ending
the war before Christmas 1944.
It all went wrong. The initial operation was successful, the bridges taken by the Americans were relieved by ground troops, but
these troops could not reach Arnhem quickly enough. In the meantime, only a small part of the 1st British Airborne Division had
reached the Arnhem Bridge. Most of the remainder of the airborne force was held up on the outskirts of the town by German units
that turned out to be far stronger than expected - a major intelligence failure. After nine days of fighting, the survivors of the
division were withdrawn across the Rhine and it was not until many months later that ground forces captured Arnhem.
Using the technique he has perfected over twenty-five years of military study, blending meticulous research based on original
documents with the personal experiences of more than 500 participants, Martin Middlebrook describes the Battle of Arnhem from
start to finish, from one end of that complicated battlefield to the other. On this fiftieth anniversary, he offers a masterly summary
of what went wrong in the last major defeat in battle suffered by the British Army.
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Glider Pilots at Arnhem by Luuk Buist, Major M L Peters
The fierce struggle between the British 1st Airborne Division and the superior German forces in and around Arnhem is well
documented. This book tells of the role played in the battle for Oosterbeek and the bridge at Arnhem itself by the men of the Glider
Pilot Regiment (GPR). These men were already experienced soldiers who volunteered to join the airborne forces and take the fight
to the Germans in a totally new regiment.
The men of the GPR were predominantly SNCOs trained to fly wooden assault gliders into occupied territory. Once on the ground
they were expected to go into battle with the troops they had delivered onto the Landing Zone. During the Arnhem operation they
were involved in the initial defence of the LZs, before fighting house to house leading mixed groups of infantrymen, engineers and
medics. In so doing they suffered extensive losses from which the Regiment never fully recovered.
This book tells their story in their own words from the moment they landed on Dutch soil through the fierce fighting all around the
ever shrinking perimeter until the survivors of the GPR proudly marked the route out for the battered survivors of 1st Airborne
Division as they escaped over the Rhine.
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The fierce struggle between the British 1st Airborne Division and the superior German forces in and around Arnhem is well
documented. This book tells of the role played in the battle for Oosterbeek and the bridge at Arnhem itself by the men of the Glider
Pilot Regiment (GPR). These men were already experienced soldiers who volunteered to join the airborne forces and take the fight
to the Germans in a totally new regiment.
The men of the GPR were predominantly SNCOs trained to fly wooden assault gliders into occupied territory. Once on the ground
they were expected to go into battle with the troops they had delivered onto the Landing Zone. During the Arnhem operation they
were involved in the initial defence of the LZs, before fighting house to house leading mixed groups of infantrymen, engineers and
medics. In so doing they suffered extensive losses from which the Regiment never fully recovered.
This book tells their story in their own words from the moment they landed on Dutch soil through the fierce fighting all around the
ever shrinking perimeter until the survivors of the GPR proudly marked the route out for the battered survivors of 1st Airborne
Division as they escaped over the Rhine.
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