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Major Cotterell At Arnhem
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Author : Jennie Gray
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-01-31
Major Cotterell At Arnhem written by Jennie Gray and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-31 with History categories.
Conscripted into the British Army in 1940, talented journalist Anthony Cotterell was never going to make a natural soldier. The Army eventually realised that his abilities lay elsewhere and he was transferred to a new department of the War Office where he could do what he did best – write. He would become one of the Army's top journalists, eventually covering the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign. Anthony managed to blag himself a place in the parachute drop at Arnhem in September 1944 as part of Operation Market Garden. Captured, on 23 September he was one of a group of British prisoners wounded or killed when SS guards opened fire. Treated in a German dressing station with the other wounded, Anthony then vanished without trace, the only member of the party to do so. In Major Cotterell at Arnhem, Jennie Gray tells the story of Anthony's rise to journalistic fame in the Army, the Arnhem adventure, the SS war crime and the disappearance. She then recounts the dramatic and painful three-year search to find Anthony mounted by the War Crimes Group, the Search Bureau and the Netherlands War Crimes Commission, in tandem with the private search made by Anthony's devoted brother, Geoffrey Cotterell. Best-selling author Geoffrey has kindly co-operated in in the writing of this book. Complemented by Anthony's own words, official War Crime Group documentation and the letters about the search that Geoffrey wrote almost daily to his mother, this is a poignant story of one man lost in the tumult of war.
This Is War
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Author : Jennie Gray
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2013-08-05
This Is War written by Jennie Gray and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-05 with History categories.
Anthony Cotterell wrote a unique form of war journalism – witty, sharp,engaging, and so vivid it was almost cinematic. As an official British Army journalist during the Second World War, he flew on bombing raids, sailed with merchant shipping convoys, crossed to France on D-Day, and took part in the Normandy Campaign. During this time he kept a diary, a hilarious and caustic record of his role in the war, a diary which abruptly ended after he vanished in mysterious circumstances after the battle of Arnhem bridge in 1944. Cotterell's diary and selected war journalism, illustrated with previously unpublished photographs, are presented together here to shed new light not only on the everyday life of the British Army in the Second World War but also on the role of the press during times of conflict. The quality of his writing is truly captivating and his account of the Normandy campaign is surely the nearest that a modern reader will ever get to experiencing what it was like to be in the thick of a Normandy tank battle.
Arnhem
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Author : Ernest Watkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-03-29
Arnhem written by Ernest Watkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-29 with categories.
This book comprises a two part report by Major Ernest Watkins, R.A., who participated with 1 Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden in September 1944. First published by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs in December of that year as part of its War series of pamphlets, it is among the earliest printed eyewitness accounts of the fighting at Arnhem, although circulation at the time was restricted to military personnel only. Watkins returned to the Dutch town in April 1945 after the Germans had been driven from the area and provided his impressions of the aftermath of the conflict in another ABCA article, 'Arnhem Revisited', published on June 23rd. This too has been included in the compilation. There is also a piece by Major Anthony Cotterell, written prior to the operation, that describes the frustrations of being constantly on standby only to be stood down again. Cotterell did not make it back. As for the outcome of the mission, to quote Watkins: "The operation itself was not a complete success because only two of the three river barriers were carried. But Arnhem has left in history a record which those who come after must strain every ounce of courage and endurance they possess even to equal." The text has been reset for this edition and a number of footnotes added, largely to help those who are unfamiliar with the less commonly recognised army acronyms and abbreviations.
Arnhem
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Author : Robert Elliott Urquhart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Arnhem written by Robert Elliott Urquhart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944 categories.
Arnhem 1944
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Author : Dilip Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-11-30
Arnhem 1944 written by Dilip Sarkar and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-30 with History categories.
The airborne battle for the bridges across the Rhine at Arnhem ranks amongst the Second World Wars most famous actions inspiring innumerable books and the star-studded 1977 movie. This book, however, is unique: deeply moved, the author provides a fresh narrative and approach concentrating on the tragic stories of individual casualties.These men were killed at different junctures in the fighting, often requiring forensic analysis to ascertain their fates. Wider events contextualize the authors primary focus - effectively resurrecting casualties through describing their backgrounds, previous experience, and tragic effect on their families. In particular, the emotive and unresolved issue of the many still missing is explored.During the course of his research, the author made numerous trips to Arnhem and Oosterbeek, traveled miles around the UK, and spent countless hours communicating with the relatives of casualties achieving their enthusiastic support. This detailed work, conducted sensitively and with dignity, ensures that these moving stories are now recorded for posterity.Included are the stories of Private Albert Willingham, who sacrificed his life to save civilians; Major Frank Tate, machine-gunned against the backdrop of blazing buildings around Arnhem Bridge; family man Sergeant George Thomas, whose antitank gun is displayed today outside the Airborne Museum Hartenstein, and Squadron Leader John Gilliard DFC, father of a baby son who perished flying his Stirling through a hail of shot and shell during an essential re-supply drop. Is Private Gilbert Anderson, who remains missing, actually buried as an unknown, the author asks? Representing the Poles is Lance-Corporal Czeslaw Gajewnik, who drowned whilst escaping the hell of Oosterbeek, and accounts by Dutch civilians emphasize the shared suffering sharply focussed by the tragedy of Luuk Buist, killed protecting his family. The sensitivity still surrounding German casualties is also explained.This raw, personal, side of war, the hopes and fears of ordinary men thrust into extraordinary circumstances, is both deeply moving and revealing: no longer are these just names carved on headstones or memorials in a distant land. Through this thorough investigative work, supported by those who remember them, the casualties live again, their silent voices heard through friends, relatives, comrades and unpublished letters.So, let us return to the fateful autumn of 1944, and meet those fighting in the skies, on the landing grounds, in the streets and woods of Oosterbeek, and on the bridge too far at Arnhem.Now, the casualties can tell their own stories as we join this remarkable journey of discovery.
Arnhem Umbrella
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Author : Neil Thornton
language : en
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Release Date : 2022-12-14
Arnhem Umbrella written by Neil Thornton and has been published by Fonthill Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-14 with History categories.
Operation Market Garden was Major Digby Tatham Warter’s first action. As the OC of ‘A’ Company, 2 Para, he led the advance to the Arnhem road bridge, brushing aside German resistance to reach the objective. Over the course of the next four days, Digby - a well-known eccentric - enhanced his reputation further by displaying solid leadership and a fearlessness that left everyone who witnesses it in awe. Picking up an umbrella and bowler hat from one of the houses, Tatham Warter strolled around the perimeter oblivious to shot and shell, instilling confidence in his men and inspiring them to battle on in the face of overwhelming odds. Wounded and captured at the battle’s end, Digby escaped and linked up with the Dutch Resistance. For weeks he strutted around the area disguised as a deaf and dumb Dutchman to fool the Germans. He collected over hundred paratroopers (‘evaders’) and forged a plan to lead them through enemy lines to safety. His post-war years are just as exciting. This is his story.
Arnhem
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Author : Dr Chris Brown
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-08-04
Arnhem written by Dr Chris Brown and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-04 with History categories.
The greatest airborne operation in history commenced on 17 September 1944. Nine days later nearly four out five of the British 1st Airborne Division and their Polish comrades would be killed, wounded or captured as Germany secured her last great battlefield victory of the war. The ferocious and gallant actions in Arnhem and Oosterbeek have fascinated historians and students ever since. Drawing extensively on eye-witness experience and unit diaries, and providing a detailed tactical and technical analysis of the arms, equipment and practices of the day, Arnhem: Nine Days of Battle provides a fascinating day-on-day account of one of the most iconic actions of the Second World War. Supported by battle maps, timelines, troop diagrams as well as touring guides – this is the perfect companion for the armchair historian or the intrepid battlefield traveller.
Arnhem 1944 A Bridge Too Far
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Author : Bob Carruthers
language : en
Publisher: Coda Books Ltd
Release Date : 2012-02
Arnhem 1944 A Bridge Too Far written by Bob Carruthers and has been published by Coda Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02 with History categories.
"It looks very rough. If I get through this one I will be very lucky."Brigadier General Gavin, U.S. 82nd Airborne DivisionThis book reviews the complex set of military operations played out in the Netherlands during September 1944 involving the forces of Britain, Canada, Poland, the USA and Germany, providing a wide selection of sources covering each of the belligerents.The book features the previously unpublished war diary of Captain Graham Davies, bringing a new perspective on the often overlooked contribution made by the artillerymen in support of both Operation Market and Operation Garden.The German viewpoint is covered by the contemporary newspaper account translated from the pages of "The Westkurier." The report was filed by war reporter Erwin Kirchhof and provides a powerful insight into the events of the battle as filtered through the prism of Goebbels' propaganda machine.Two extracts from the official accounts of the 101st Airborne and 82nd Airborne Divisions give an indication of the strong conviction still held in the US camp that the operation had been a complete success.
The Sting Of The Scorpion
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Author : Mike Morgan
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-11-30
The Sting Of The Scorpion written by Mike Morgan and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with History categories.
The exclusive, authorised inside story of the tough LRDG raiders of the Second World War, drawn from the unpublished records of the famous force. The unit won unrivalled mastery of the North African desert in their wide-ranging and heavily armed trucks, earning grudging praise even from Rommel, the Desert Fox himself, for their skilful reconnaissance, punishing raids and powers of evasion.
The Battle Of Arnhem
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Author : Cornelis Bauer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Battle Of Arnhem written by Cornelis Bauer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944 categories.
World War 2 account of the tragic nine-day struggle by British and Polish paratroopers to seize and hold the bridge at Arnhem, Holland.