By Major M L Peters ,Luuk Buist
ISBN-10: 1473822793
ISBN-13: 9781473822795
ISBN-10: 1844157636
ISBN-13: 9781844157631
The males of the GPR have been predominantly SNCOs knowledgeable to fly wood attack gliders into occupied territory. as soon as at the flooring they have been anticipated to enter conflict with the troops they'd brought onto the touchdown sector. through the Arnhem operation they have been all for the preliminary protection of the LZs, ahead of struggling with condominium to accommodate major combined teams of soldiers, engineers and medics. In so doing they suffered vast losses from which the Regiment by no means totally recovered.
This e-book tells their tale of their personal phrases from the instant they landed on Dutch soil during the fierce battling everywhere in the ever shrinking perimeter till the survivors of the GPR proudly marked the path out for the battered survivors of 1st Airborne department as they escaped over the Rhine.