By Peter-Alexander van Teeseling: in 1944 the Battle of Arnhem is commemorated for the 50th time. As usual, a memorial service takes place at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek. During this service, when I was nine years old, I…

GESIGNEERD EXEMPLAARThis book describes the exploits of 4th Parachute Brigade at Arnhem. It concentrates on 156 Parachute Battalion and Brigadier Hackett's HQ during the heaviest three days of fighting from Monday the 18th to…

Brotherhood of the Cauldron tells the story of some 300 men who served in or with the 1st Airborne Division during the Second World War. These men came from all of the counties of Ireland, both the 'loyal' north and 'neutral'…

This book is intended as a supplement to the book 'B Company Arrived' which was published in 2003 and told the story of B Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion at the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944. This new publication highlights…

The 11th Parachute Battalion 1943-1944. Bij Gerrit Pijpers & David Truesdale, 2012

'To the officers and men who served in
the 11th Battalion The Parachute Regiment
during the Second World War and in memory of those
who lost their…

From Bruneval to North Africa, from Normandy to Suez, by parachute and glider the men of the Airborne Forces have gone by air to battle. But their activities have by no means been confined to purely airborne operations - the…

This authorized history, written by a former officer in the Parachute Regiment, covers the formation, training and deployment of the British airborne arm from its inception in 1942 to the present. Initially comprised of volunteers…

In deze dagboeken beschrijft een tiener haar leven in Nijmegen van 1942 tot 1945. Geboren in 1925 in Arnhem groeide Jo op in het grote gezin van een journalist/typograaf, dat in 1939 naar Nijmegen verhuisde, toen hij ging werken…

Engels, historisch, 368 pagina's

Peter Clarke en Ron Brooker vertellen hun verhaal van het bloedbad bij Arnhem in september 1944. Clarke was sergeant-majoor en zweefvlieger ten tijde van de gevechten, en Brooker parachutist en…

On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air…

This book is not intended to be an accurate, detailed history of the battle, for that can be found elsewhere, but an account, recalled as honestly as possible, of the personal experience of someone who was a very minor link in the…

Nico van der Meer werd op 26 december 1931 te Leiden geboren. Na het doorlopen van de scholen, kreeg hij een nautische opleiding voor de internationale binnenvaart waarin hij dan ook meer dan 25 jaar werkzaam is geweest op…

Operation 'Market Garden' remains one of the most spectacular and controversial battles of the Second World War. It was a bold plan, aimed at shortening the course of the war dramatically. Key bridges in Holland seized in advance…

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…

Operatie 'Market Garden' was de grootste blunder van de Britse veldmaarschalk Montgomery. Het kostte vele duizenden soldaten en burgers het leven. Arnhem en Oosterbeek veranderden in ruines.