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Peter J.K. Hendrikx Orange is the color of the day
pictorial history of the 101st Airborne Division during the liberation of Holland
"The book is a valuable addition to the existing literature about Operation Market Garden and the 101st Airborne Division, because no other unit in any given battle in any war received such extensive coverage as the 101st gets in this book. Even those who have been studying the 101st Airborne Division for many years and believe the have read all there is to it, will discover many new facts about the great achievements of the “Screaming Eagles”.
Engels | 559 pagina's | D-Day Paratroopers Historical Center, Saint-Côme-du-Mont | 2012
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Peter J.K. Hendrikx | Michel De Trez Bridges are ours
pictorial history of the 82nd Airborne Division in the Holland campaign
"After the entire division was airborne, “Burning Bridges” continues with the actual drops at the drop- and landing zones as well as the first two days of combat. The drop of the 504th Regiment and the capture of the Grave Bridge and the bridges over the Maas-Waal Canal are covered first. Hundreds of photographs, documents and artifacts tell the successful story of the capture of the bridges. The landings of the 505th and 508th Regiments on Drop Zones N and T in Groesbeek, east of Nijmegen are also...
Engels | D-Day Publishing, Saint-Côme-du-Mont | 2017
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Peter J.K. Hendrikx | Michel De Trez Burning bridges
pictorial history of the 82nd Airborne Division prior to the invasion of Holland
“Burning Bridges” begins with the introduction, where the decision-making process that led to Operation Market Garden is explained in great detail. The subsequent chapters discuss the preparations in the marshalling areas in England, the activities of the Pathfinders, and the boarding of the aircraft by all paratroop regiments and battalions. The glider lifts are also well covered by many newly discovered photographs."
Engels | 464 pagina's | D-Day Publishing, Saint-Côme-du-Mont | 2017
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Peter J.K. Hendrikx | Michel De Trez D-Day minus 17 september 1944
pictorial history of the 101st Airborne Division prior to the invasion of Holland
"Michel De Trez and Peter Hendrikx, who each have been studying airborne history for over thirty years, put together the most complete pictorial history of the 101st Airborne Division in the liberation of Holland with 1,250 photographs, of which the great majority has never been published before. All photos are identified either by date, location, name of individual soldiers, equipment or historical context. Often all these leads have been identified. This resulted in very informative and extensive...
Engels | 207 pagina's | D-Day Paratroopers Historical Center, Saint-Côme-du-Mont | 2012
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