mbarbaric Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 i was searching but didn't find anything so maybe someone here could help. i am looking for testimonials, maps, after action reports... anything involving real troops depicted in Road to Nijmengen campaign by Paper Tiger. i wasn't able to find anything specific and would like to know if somebody could point me in right direction. thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) I recommend you try Nijmegen and not Nijmengen and maybe something specific will come up.... If you live near central Texas, swing by, I will lend you like 10 books... Edited April 24, 2015 by kohlenklau 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 mbarbaric, I think it's important to note that at least some of the battles in that campaign are semi-historic. Actually I think one of them is an outright fictional battle. As for sources, I've read lots of books and 1st person accounts/ autobiographies: September Hope by John C. McManus Hell's Highway by George Koskimaki (101st in Market Garden) The Road to Arnhem by Donald Burgett (trooper in A Co 506) All American All the Way by Phil Nordyke (82nd Airborne in WWII) Hell's Highway - US 101st Airborne & Guards Armored Division by Tim Saunders Arnhem 1944 The Airborne Battle by Martin Middlebrook (really good source for British at Arnhem) Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose all the BoB spin off books published mostly by surviving members of E Co 506 including Dick Winters It Never Snows in September by Robert Kershaw ( a view of German side during MG - this has detailed OOB for German units) There are some Market Garden websites too, just google for them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Those are the 10 books I was gonna lend him! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbarbaric Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 thanks for taking time Pak, will look for those books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Wenman Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 (edited) The two After the Battle, Then and Now books covering the operation are well worth having a look at as they include a mass of then and now photos, period maps and brief descriptions of key actions. http://www.amazon.co.uk/372/dp/1870067479/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430166767&sr=1-10&keywords=Then+and+now They of course cover the whole MG campaign and so are broader than just the road to Nijmegan though. P Edited April 27, 2015 by Pete Wenman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The two After the Battle, Then and Now books covering the operation are well worth having a look at as they include a mass of then and now photos, period maps and brief descriptions of key actions.http://www.amazon.co.uk/372/dp/1870067479/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430166767&sr=1-10&keywords=Then+and+now They of course cover the whole MG campaign and so are broader than just the road to Nijmegan though. P I love the Then and Now books. Expensive, but worth every penny. I'm always dipping back into mine to read up on things that crop up in the game or, when a particular anniversary comes around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Here are the search results I got from "Nijmegen after action reports". I opened a few that looked like some decent stuff to read if you didn't want to splurge on the books. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=nijmegen%20after%20action%20reports 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbarbaric Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 thanks kohlen, after bit of more search i've found an archive that couldn't be better http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/finding_aids/pdf/US_Army_Unit_Records_1.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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