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Battle of Arnhem

Snapshots of War

by Victor Gregg
series Snapshots of War
After sweeping through France and Belgium in the summer of 1944, the Allies were poised to enter the Netherlands to secure key bridges and towns along the Allied axis of advance.Victor Gregg and his fellow riflemen are asked to volunteer for the Parachute Regiment in an operation called Market Garden. The staunch 'once a rifleman always a rifleman' was overruled by a promise of extra leave.The ... Read more

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Second Battle of El Alamein

Snapshots of War

by Victor Gregg
series Snapshots of War
The Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt (23 October–11 November 1942) was a decisive battle in the Second World War. With the Allies victorious, it marked the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign, prompting Winston Churchill to proclaim 'Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.'The British victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign and ended the ... Read more

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A Bridge Too Far

The true story of the Battle of Arnhem

by Cornelius Ryan

Arnhem 1944: the airborne strike for the bridges over the Rhine.The true story of the greatest battle of World War II and the basis of the 1977 film of the same name, directed by Richard Attenborough.The Battle of Arnhem, one of the most dramatic battles of World War II, was as daring as it was ill-fated.It cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.This is the whole compelling story ... Read more

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The Battle of Arnhem

by Christopher Hibbert

In this book, first published in Christopher Hibbert, one of Britain’s foremost historians, tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944 on Dutch soil and made famous in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far.Nine thousand men of the First British Airborne Division were parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded Arnhem. Their objective was to capture and ... Read more

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Every Man an Emperor

The Battle of Arnhem/Oosterbeek 17Th-25Th September 1944

by Gerry Leaper

A fact-based novel about the Battle of Arnhem/Oosterbeek. Market Garden was an ill-planned airborne operation to capture the main bridges over the Rhine in Holland in order to allow the 30th Armored Corps to sweep into Germany. American paratroopers were assigned to the two nearer bridges at Eindhoven and Nijmegan and the British 1st Airborne Division to the most northern bridge at Arnhem - 50 ... Read more

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Operation Compass

Snapshots of War

by Victor Gregg
series Snapshots of War
Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War.The Western Desert Force, composed of around 30,000 men from British and other Commonwealth forces, advanced from Mersa Matruh on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th Army. Operation Compass continued long beyond its original limitations in ... Read more

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The Grey Goose of Arnhem

The Story of the Most Amazing Mass Escape of World War II

by Leo Heaps

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell

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8 hours 39 min

An account of heroism and courage in one of the Allies' biggest military catastrophes of the Second World War. Ideal for fans of James Holland, Anthony Beevor and Cornelius Ryan. Ten thousand Allied troops landed in the Netherlands in September 1944. This was the largest airborne invasion ever undertaken and it ended in utter disaster. Eight thousand men were killed, wounded, or captured during ... Read more

€ 18,58
Why Warriors Lie Down and Die

Towards an Understanding of Why the Aboriginal People of Arnhem Land Face the Greatest Crisis in Health and Education Since European Contact- Djambatj Mala

by Richard Trudgen

"This fascinating book is about walking together, about understanding, about reconciliation." - Ray Martin, Media PersonalityWhy Warriors Lie down and die is essential reading for anyone interested in indigenous peoples. It provides hope and new direction for those searching for the answers as to why "the problems" seems to persist in Aboriginal communities. It also offers insights for those who ... Read more

€ 29,99
Nearly There

The Memoirs of John Frost of Arnhem Bridge

by Major General John Frost

This is the full autobiography of one of World War II's most popular heroes. Whilst Arnhem was the height of his career here he describes his early life in the Army (in Scotland), his service abroad, his polo matches, his family and, above all, the ever famous actions including the Bruneval Raid and the fighting in North Africa in which he took part. ... Read more

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In the Shadow of Arnhem

by Ken Tout

The Battle of Arnhem in September 1944 has been much publicised, with its extraordinary parachute drop and gallant defence by Frost's few men of the bridge at Arnhem. Although the campaign came close to success, its relative failure left the Allies trapped within a thirty-mile stretch of road. The Arnhem debacle saw vast stretches of Holland to the left and right of the salient occupied by enemy ... Read more

€ 12,09
Airmen of Arnhem

by Martin W Bowman

Martin Bowman presents us here with an unparalleled account of events as they unfolded in the skies above Holland during Operation ‘Market-Garden’ in September 1944. ‘Market-Garden’ was a heroic failure conducted at great cost; combined losses - both airborne and ground forces - in killed, wounded and missing amounted to more than 17,000.‘Market’, the airborne part of the operation, spanned ten ... Read more

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Money in grasses. The experience of other nations from which the farmer, and especially the American farmer, may profit. With a short account of the city of Arnhem, the centre of the grass-seed industry in Europe

by Joseph Theodore Barenbrug

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