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

no problem

 

This one arrived today.

 

Dutch militaria magazine legerkoerier 1961



Rev Pare story evading in Elburg (something for your Paul, I have a spare!)



printed april 1945

 

Thanks Philip,
Can you tell me if the book is written in Dutch and English or just Dutch?
By the way, this one arrived today

 

Dutch Paul

 

Oosterbeek Destroyed is fairly rare..dare I ask how much you paid for it???

 

Oosterbeek Destroyed is fairly rare..dare I ask how much you paid for it???

I'll PM you mate.........

 

Paul

Bowers book is about his whole life/career

 

Hi All,

I need to add some more to the site that I've not added yet.. Nothing to rare Bounce the Rhine Charles Whiting and ROH Air Despatches Paul van Halteren. Oh and Lloyd Clark Arnhem..

Cheers
TomTAS

 

Philip,
Thanks for the info mate...........

TomTAS,
Is there any update as to when "Out of Their Comfort Zone" will be available?............

All the best fellas

 

For all the "Arnhem Nuts" amongst us, I've updated the photobucket album so that you get a better picture of each book.
All the best

Arnhem and 1st Airborne Division Books I Own pictures by Paul3965 - Photobucket

 

I stumbled across this book the other day "Red Devil Rising" by Leonard Stone, ISBN 9781425132538 or 1425132537. Not sure how it "slipped under the radar" but anyhoo, another one to add to the list!!

 

Paul,
The Stone book came out a few years ago and fairly confident it is a novel......there is also another novel called 'Coward at the bridge'.....it is about a bloke called Coward not a 'scared person'.......

 

Paul,
The Stone book came out a few years ago and fairly confident it is a novel......there is also another novel called 'Coward at the bridge'.....it is about a bloke called Coward not a 'scared person'.......

Hello mate,
Yes, Stone's book came out in 2008 and you're right it is a novel. I've been emailing him over the last few days and apparently he started researching the book in the 50's but only got around to actually finishing it a couple of years ago!! He says he interviewed, John Frost, John Waddy and Kate Ter Horst amongst others and also had access to Cornelius Ryans's files. If that's correct then it should be quite a good read.
The other one you mentioned "Coward At The Bridge" is a great read. I've posted a "review" of sorts on the "what are you reading......" thread.
All the best............

 

HI Paul,

Had a chat with my mate in Oz he will be over next year for another book that someone else on this knows all about so at some point you might get signed one...

Cheers
TomTAS

 

What book/books best describe the training and education of the airborne boys?

I have read a few books about the HD and they all speak in unison of the superior drills and offensive spirit of the paras.

I was a Ranger back in the mid 90ies and a lot of input came from our friends in the UK. We had some lectures by two Nco's that had fought in the Falklands.

I recall that we trained hard on small unit tactics and created an esprit de corps built around the fact that there would be nobody to help us bar the man next to us. (we did a lot of long range recce)

I recognise some of this from the BBC series "the paras" (?), and I wonder how they did it in the early days.

All feedback would be most appreciated.

yours.
Jaeger

 

HI Paul,

Had a chat with my mate in Oz he will be over next year for another book that someone else on this knows all about so at some point you might get signed one...

Cheers
TomTAS

OK Tom, thanks for that mate. By the way, what is this other book you mentioned?
All the best.............

 

Hi Paul,

No I'm in the one you pm me about still can't believe he did that for me...

Cheers
Tom

 

What book/books best describe the training and education of the airborne boys?

I have read a few books about the HD and they all speak in unison of the superior drills and offensive spirit of the paras.

I was a Ranger back in the mid 90ies and a lot of input came from our friends in the UK. We had some lectures by two Nco's that had fought in the Falklands.

I recall that we trained hard on small unit tactics and created an esprit de corps built around the fact that there would be nobody to help us bar the man next to us. (we did a lot of long range recce)

I recognise some of this from the BBC series "the paras" (?), and I wonder how they did it in the early days.

All feedback would be most appreciated.

yours.
Jaeger

Probably the best book on the status/ethos of 1st AB in the pre Arnhem period is the book called I think Arnhem the Airborne Battle by W Buckingham.....

 

Probably the best book on the status/ethos of 1st AB in the pre Arnhem period is the book called I think Arnhem the Airborne Battle by W Buckingham.....

I think the book you mean is "Arnhem 1944" ISBN 0752431870