Can anyone recommend any book that covers specifically the actions of the 82nd Airborne Division during OMG in September 1944? There are lots of books and accounts on the 101st but it seems much less on the 'All American'. Thanks.
Here's a couple on the 82nd at Nijmegen. I haven't read them but hopefully the reviews will prove helpful. Lost at Nijmegen: A rethink on operation "Market Garden" Nijmegen: Market Garden U.S. 82nd Airborne Division-1944 (Battleground Europe)
Hi Jonathan A great new history of the 82nd was just released and Amazon.uk has copies available for quite reasonable prices. Otherwise a copy may be available through a local library. Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sword-St-Michael-Airborne-Division/dp/0306820234/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1 I've read it and it's well worth a look even though it's not specifically on Nijmegen it covers the action very well. Mark
seeking info on 82 in nijmegen during Oct 44. 196 battery 73rd anti tank was on loan as it were to 82AB, and would like war diearies or map ref for Oct.
Have you read Gavin's autobiography, On to Berlin? It is quite good, and it gives a detailed account of his division's actions in Market-Garden.
There also is this Dutch classic: Norbert A. de Groot, "Als sterren van de hemel, de oorlog in het Rijk van Nijmegen 1944", (Like Stars from Heaven, the war in the Nijmegen area 1944) which was published in 1977 and has seen some reprints since. See: https://www.boekenwebsite.nl/wereldoorlogen/als-sterren-van-de-hemel PS I'm afraid, you'll need a Dutch/English dictionary.
any one have a copy of teh 82nd war diaries for this period? I assume the Americans kept war diaries. anyone?