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Postcards from No Man's Land is a young-adult novel by Aidan Chambers, published by Bodley Head in 1999.Two stories are set in Amsterdam during 1994 and 1944. One features 17-year-old visitor Jacob Todd during the 50-year commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem, in which his grandfather fought; the other features 19-year-old Geertrui late in the German occupation of the Netherlands.
In 1945, Louis Hagen, a Jewish refugee from Germany and a British army glider pilot present at the battle, wrote Arnhem Lift, believed to be the first book published about the events at Arnhem. [232] In the same year filming began for the war movie Theirs is the Glory , which featured some original footage and used 120 Arnhem veterans as extras ...
The Battle of Arnhem: The Betrayal Myth Refuted. London: Hodder & Stoughton. Beevor, Antony (2018). The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II. New York: Viking. Gibson, Ronald (1956). Nine Days (17–25th September, 1944). Ilfracombe (Devonshire): Stockwell. Hagen, Louis (1945). Arnhem Lift: The Diary of a Glider ...
Ryan named his book after a comment attributed to Lieutenant General Frederick Browning before the operation, who reportedly said to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, "I think we may be going a bridge too far." [1] But Antony Beevor disputes this, saying that Browning had supported the operation, especially in view of receiving more resources ...
Combined with the 1st Airborne Division's delays within Arnhem, which left the Arnhem bridge open to traffic until 20:00, the Germans were given vital hours to create a defence on the Nijmegen bridge. At Arnhem, the RAF planners selected the drop zones, refusing to drop near the town on the north side of the target bridge because of flak at Deelen.
The battalion rejoined the rest of the 1st Airborne Division, then in England. The only battle in which the battalion participated was the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden, in September 1944. The battalion sustained very heavy casualties and was disbanded following the battle and the men were used as replacements elsewhere.
He wrote a number of books, including one about the Battle of Arnhem as ghostwriter for Major General Roy Urquhart. As a TV script editor he also worked on series such as Danger Man [ 1 ] and was also creator/producer of The Inheritors , Hine and The Power Game . [ 1 ]
Kate ter Horst MBE (6 July 1906, Amsterdam – 21 February 1992, Oosterbeek) was a Dutch housewife and mother who tended wounded and dying Allied soldiers during the Battle of Arnhem. [1] Her British patients nicknamed her the Angel of Arnhem. [2] Ter Horst was born Kate Anna Arriëns, daughter of Pieter Albert Arriëns and Catharina Maingay.