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A Street in Arnhem - The Agony of Occupation and Liberation (Paperback)
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A Street in Arnhem - The Agony of Occupation and Liberation (Paperback)
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Robert Kershaw follows up his best-selling account of the Battle of
Arnhem from German eyes - It Never Snows in September - to focus on
the experiences the Dutch civilians and British and German soldiers
in one street fighting to survive at the heart of one of the most
intense battles of World War 2. A Street in Arnhem tells the story
of the battle of Arnhem in September 1944 from the perspective of
what could be seen or heard from the Utrechtseweg, a road that runs
seven kilometres from the Arnhem railway station west to
Oosterbeek. This stretch of road saw virtually every major event
during the fighting for Arnhem during Operation Market-Garden in
September 1944. The story is about the disintegration of a wealthy
Dutch suburb caught up unexpectedly in the war it had escaped for
so long. The war had thus far been kind to Oosterbeek and its swift
liberation on 17th September suggested they might well escape the
abject misery inflicted on so many other unfortunate European
communities. The book charts the steady destruction of a well
established and exclusive rural community, where wealthy Dutch
holiday makers had relaxed enjoying its rural delights before the
war.It was a popular hotel destination. The destruction of this
pretty village is charted through the eyes of British, Polish and
German soldiers fighting amid its confused and horrified Dutch
inhabitants. It portrays a collage of human experiences, sights,
sounds, visceral fears and emotion as ordinary people seek to cope
when their street is so suddenly and unexpectedly overwhelmed in a
savage battle, in which the heaviest weapons of the day were
employed. Robert Kershaw's new research reveals the extent to which
most people in this battle, whether soldiers or civilians, saw only
what was immediately happening to them. They had virtually no idea
of what was going on around them. It offers a unique picture of a
stable community coping with a disaster progressing through joy,
shock, horror, resignation and then despair as their lives are
irrevocably ruined by the conflagration bursting over them. Many
original Dutch, German and English accounts have been unearthed
through interviews, diary accounts and letters. Post combat reports
have been discovered charting the same incidents from both sides as
well giving the Dutch civilian perspective.The story is told as a
docudrama following the fortunes of a number of British, Polish,
German and Dutch characters, within a gripping narrative format.
This tale will resonate with any reader. Holland had not witnessed
conflict since the Napoleonic wars. What happens when your street,
where you have lived for generations is suddenly overwhelmed by
conflict? A Street in Arnhem tells that story and provides some of
the answers.
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