The Veterans’ tell their personal stories of landing by parachute, glider and flying during the operation. Fighting and surviving 60 miles into enemy territory, the largest Airborne operation in history. The book Includes men that fought at the historic Arnhem Bridge. 

After ten days of fighting by the 11,920 men of 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem and within Oosterbeek; 1,485 were killed, 6,525 were taken prisoner (many wounded) and 3,910 evacuated safely across the river Rhine. 
(Figures taken from ‘Arnhem 1944 the Airborne Battle’ by Martin Middlebrook, Viking, 1994).

Included in the book is a woman who was pregnant and a resident of Oosterbeek during the fighting, she helped feed Airborne troops. 

Units included: Parachute Regt, Glider Pilot Regt, Airlanding Regiments; The Border Regt, The South Staffordshire Regt, The Kings Own Scottish Borders, Air Ambulance, Royal Engineers, RASC, RAF, Royal Artillery, RECCE, Canadian Engineers, Polish Parachute Brigade,
Royal Signals, REME and XXX Corps.

Book Specification: Clothbound Hardback with matt laminated Dust Jacket, 245 x 245mm 136 pages, 105 Doutone Plates,
Text pages: GardaPat Kiara, 150gsm. This Edition includes new text and extra pages of veteran photographs. ISBN: 9780956366733

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