Arnhem/1st British Airborne Division/Op.Market Garden book collection

As and when more info becomes available I'm sure it will appear on these pages

 

OK, this one appears to have almost slipped through the net (probably because the title doesn't have any of the "key words" ).
Written by Pte Sid Elliott who was Lt Colin Stanford's batman in B Coy, 2 Para, the book is Sid's autobiography and covers most of his life. Of particular interest is his time spent with 2 Para in Italy and at Arnhem where he was taken POW.

ISBN number 9781449051983. Available as a paperback and as an "E" book (if you must! :P )

All the best

 

Another new one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boats-at-Arnhem-Other-Stories/dp/1927679087/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391168909&sr=1-12&keywords=arnhem

 

........ and another couple ...........

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Arnhem-Agony-Occupation-Liberation/dp/071103754X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391169837&sr=1-1&keywords=arnhem

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arnhem-Battle-Legend-Chris-Brown/dp/0750953802/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391169994&sr=1-2&keywords=arnhem

 

Good spot Paul.
Gracious me, they just keep on coming don't they? The Sid Elliott looks particularly interesting.
Chris Brown will be a familiar name to many having previously written an Arnhem book in the Battle Story series.He is also a user of WW2 Talk. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the White House last year.

 

Having spoken to Chris only an hour or so ago I can confirm that the book should be released around the end of April with the confirmed title being.

Arnhem; Courage and Catastrophe.

 

Thanks Dave, that suggests that the title currently on Amazon (Arnhem; The Battle and it''s legend) is incorrect then. I note that the Amazon details refer to it having 1500 pages which strikes me as rather a lot! I await publication with interest.. Cheers.

 

I've known Bimblng Bob was doing another Arnhem book for a few years but didn't know the title and although it's written about Oosterbeek I guess to get the attention you need to put Arnhem in the title....

 

I trust the John Sliz book on boats is going to reveal all about the RN Commandos at Arnhem.....I would like to point out here these are not my words but taken from a website on the RN Commandos to which I have NO repeat NO connection.....


Operations
Due to their specialised skills, parties from the Royal Naval Commandos took part in every amphibious operation carried out by Allies from early 1942 to the end of the war.[4]
Following their initial involvement in Operation Ironclad on Madagascar, the next major operation that the Royal Naval Commandos were involved in came in August 1942, when two Royal Naval Commandos units—'C' and 'D'—were involved in the ill-fated Operation Jubilee. The units provided a beachmaster and beach party to each of the landing beaches, however, in the end many of the parties were unable to get ashore, while those that managed to land were prevented from carrying out their assigned tasks due to the high volume of machine gun fire directed on the beaches from the Germans defending them. As a result casualties among the naval commandos were high and when the operation was eventually abandoned, many of them were captured.[1]
During Operation Torch the Royal Naval Commando contribution consisted of parties from 'C', 'E', 'F' and 'G' Commandos augmented with elements from 'H' and 'J'.[1] Spread across the three task forces, the naval commandos—wearing American uniforms in some cases, in order to placate the Vichy French defenders—landed among the first wave of troops at Casablanca, Oran and Algiers.[5] After clearing the defending troops from the beaches, carried out the task of marking out the beachhead, organising the wounded and prisoners of war, and controlling the subsequent waves that were landing on the beaches.[1][6]
In June 1943, 'D' Commando took part in the landing on Pantelleria, while in July seven naval commandos—'C', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'K', 'M' and 'N'—took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily, providing beach parties to 27 different beaches.[1] In September 1943 parties from 'C', 'G', 'H', 'K', 'M', 'N' and ‘O’ Commandos took part in the landings on mainland Italy. Landing at Salerno and Anzio, they undertook tasks including clearing mines from the beaches.[1] Later in June 1944, 'A' and 'O' parties suffered heavy casualties when they were involved in Operation Brassard, the capture of the island of Elba.[7] Others took part in Allied operations in Yugoslavia and Greece.[1]




British commandos


Also in June 1944, eight units—'F', 'J', 'L', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T' and 'W' Commandos—took part in Operation Neptune during the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944.[1] Here they were involved in establishing and defending the landing beaches against German counterattacks at the same time as carrying out their assigned tasks of controlling the beaches to ensure the steady and efficient flow of supplies and men to the front. The parties remained in Normandy for about six weeks before they were withdrawn to reconstitute in preparation for further operations.[1][8] These operations were limited in scope after the effort of D-Day, but included participation in the assault on Walcheren with the Royal Marines Commandos from the 4th Special Service Brigade and attempts by ‘L’ and ‘M’ Commandos to cross the Rhine at Arnhem during Operation Market-Garden.
After this, the decision was made that the Royal Naval Commandos would be moved to the Far East. In February 1944, 'H' Commando had been involved in landings along the Arakan coast as part of Operation Screwdriver,[9] while 'C' and 'E' Commandos undertook operations in Malaya later.[1] As the war in Europe was coming to an end it was felt that the naval commandos would be able to play a role in later operations against the Japanese where they would be involved in operations that were planned for Malaya and the home islands of Japan and in this regard, seven units—'C', 'E', 'H', 'J', 'M', 'N', 'R' and 'V' Commandos—were allocated to these operations,[1] but in the end the war in the Pacific ended before they were deployed.[4]

 

Wow! You couldn't have been more wrong. The book has nothing to do with Commandos. Where did you get that? Sniffing glue again, eh? lol

The book is a collection of ten articles that I wrote over the last few years. A lot of them are on the 23rd Field Company, RCE while at Arnhem or afterwards. The title story has to do with a `what if' scenario dealing with the 261st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers' compliment of assault and recon boats.

 

Couldn't agree more with Mr Sliz

 

The Sid Elliott book arrived today ............

 

Your slipping Mr P. Mine arrived Tuesday and I've finished it. Unfortunately, Sid wasn't very good on remembering names, so very few colleagues get a mention and those that do are limited to Wee Jock, Big Jock or Shorty references. But it gives a flavour of what it was like to be at the Bridge or in a POW camp, so it's very readable.

 

Mine also arrived on Tuesday but not had a chance to look at it yet.

 

LOL If only I had the time to read the books I have!!

 

RAF Airborne Forces Manual: The Official Air Publications for RAF Paratroop Aircraft and Gliders, 1942-1946 (RAF Museum Series: Volume 8)



It mostly covers the aircraft themselves but includes short but quite detailed chapters on Parachutist's Equipment, Towing of Glider-Borne Forces and Equipment and Suppies Dropping and Transport.

 

Hi lads, this http://weaponsandwarfare.com/?attachment_id=8014#main looks as though it's from an Osprey or a magazine publication. Where's it from?

I'm not familiar with the W&W website and it doesn't seem easy to navigate around either.

 

Not seen this one before Tom. Looks like a Spanish version of Osprey???

 

I like the artwork and it really looks familiar. I've been through my database, cross-checked it with the pages and language but I've never seen it before. There's no artist signature I can see either. I doubt it would have been a Spanish only publication. The same website has a few more Arnhem features including Major Cain IIRC.

 

The artwork is very simlar to that in a book called Great Battlefields of the World by John MacDonald. That was also printed in Spain and has the sketch with a few minor differences, but with an entirely different narrative and none of the pictures. Although printed abroad, the script, design and artwork all appears to be done in the UK by John MacDonald books. using computer mapping technology. It was first published in 1984