Many books have been written about the Battle of Arnhem and much ink has been spilled in arguing the pros and cons of the disaster. Tom Angus sets out to apportion no blame, nor does he seek to analyse the reasons for the failure…

When Men at Arnhem was first published in 1976 the author modestly concealed his identity behind a pseudonym and changed the names of his comrades in arms. But the book was at once recognized as one of the finest evocations of an…

On 17 September 1944, three Allied airborne divisions - two American, one British, totalling 30,000 men - landed at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem in Holland. Their task was to lay an 'airborne carpet' across Holland to the Rhine,…

Alan Green joined 1st Battalion The Border Regiment in October 1942 as a Platoon Commander with "C" Company, and saw service with the Battalion in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He commanded 20 Platoon at the Battle of Arnhem in…

Probably no battle of the Second World War captured quite the imagination and interest as did the actions in the area of Arnhem between 17th and 26th September 1944. The defence of the northern end of the road bridge by an…

Niet eerder werd oorlogsgeweld zo beeldend en realistisch beschreven! Operatie Market Garden is de codenaam voor de grootste militaire luchtlandingsoperatie ooit. Dit boek is het meest indringende en persoonlijke verslag over deze…

Uitgegeven door het Historisch Genootschap Redichem t.g.v. Open Monumentendagen Renkum september 2017.

Dit boek gaat over Ds. Adrianus Drost en Catharina Drost. Adrianus is vanaf de luchtlanding bij Arnhem op 17 september 1944, een oorlogsdagboek gaan bijhouden. Hierin beschreef hij hun belevenissen, ontberingen en evacuatie naar…

Geniet, 48 pagina's.

"Wie vóór de Tweede Wereldoorlog de Stationsweg te Oosterbeek afliep, zag, als hij aan het eind was gekomen, aan de overkant van de Utrechtse Straatweg een groot gebouw liggen: Hotel Schoonoord."

Aldus begint mevrouw Hendrika…

What was it like for a 17-year-old girl trying to survive the Battle of Arnhem? In her diary, Anje van Maanen describes what she and her family went through during the fierce fighting that took place around their home at…

De zeer schone uren. Het dagboek van Bob Castendijk, Oosterbeek 1 september - 6 november 1944. Gerardus Robertus Castendijk, roepnaam Bob, begon met schrijven in zijn dagboek op 1 september 1944, en stopte daar pas mee op 6…

After Normandy, the most spectacular Allied offensive of World War II was Operation Market Garden, which saw three divisions of paratroopers dropped behind German lines, to be joined by massive armored columns breaking through the…