Glider Pilots at Arnhem
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Glider Pilots at Arnhem

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
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Glider Pilots at Arnhem

About this book

The fierce struggle between the British 1st Airborne Division and the superior German forces in and around Arnhem is well documented. This book tells of the role played in the battle for Oosterbeek and the bridge at Arnhem itself by the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR). These men were already experienced soldiers who volunteered to join the airborne forces and take the fight to the Germans in a totally new regiment.The men of the GPR were predominantly SNCOs trained to fly wooden assault gliders into occupied territory. Once on the ground they were expected to go into battle with the troops they had delivered onto the Landing Zone. During the Arnhem operation they were involved in the initial defense of the LZs, before fighting house to house leading mixed groups of infantrymen, engineers and medics. In so doing they suffered extensive losses from which the Regiment never fully recovered. This book tells their story in their own words from the moment they landed on Dutch soil through the fierce fighting all around the ever shrinking perimeter until the survivors of the GPR proudly marked the route out for the battered survivors of 1st Airborne Division as they escaped over the Rhine.

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Information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781473822795
eBook ISBN
9781844683482
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Maps/Forms
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. CHAPTER 1: Genesis
  10. CHAPTER 2: A Long Summer of Frustration
  11. CHAPTER 3: Operation COMET
  12. CHAPTER 4: Operation MARKET
  13. CHAPTER 5: Preparation for Battle
  14. CHAPTER 6: D-Day – The First Lift
  15. CHAPTER 7: One Foot on the Ground
  16. CHAPTER 8: The Fog of War
  17. CHAPTER 9: The Second Lift
  18. CHAPTER 10: High Tide
  19. CHAPTER 11: The Third Lift
  20. CHAPTER 12: A Steel Grip
  21. CHAPTER 13: The Cauldron
  22. CHAPTER 14: ‘Up Agin It’
  23. CHAPTER 15: Forlorn Hope
  24. CHAPTER 16: Morning Hate
  25. CHAPTER 17: Operation BERLIN
  26. CHAPTER 18: The Final Hurdle
  27. CHAPTER 19: Aftermath
  28. Appendix 1: GPR Wing - Establishment Table
  29. Appendix 2: GPR Squadron - Establishment Table
  30. Appendix 3: GPR Flight - Establishment Table
  31. Appendix 4: Airlanding Battalion Loading Plan
  32. Appendix 5: Field Return of Officers for the Week Ending 16 September 1944
  33. Appendix 6: Appreciation of the Situation by Colonel G.J.S. Chatterton DSO
  34. Appendix 7: Airlanding Plan
  35. Appendix 8: Air Load Manifest Operation MARKET - First Lift
  36. Appendix 9: Air Load Manifest Operation MARKET - Second Lift
  37. Appendix 10: Air Load Manifest Operation MARKET - Third Lift
  38. Appendix 11: Alphabetical Nominal Roll of Members of the Glider Pilot Regiment Deployed in Operation MARKET GARDEN
  39. Appendix 12: Glider Pilot Regiment Decorations and Awards – Operation MARKET
  40. Select Bibliography
  41. Index