Video inspired by my 'Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron' @canelobooks.bsky.social using archive footage, caps & quotes from the book to tell the story in brief
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With #Arnhem81 commemorations this weekend, remembering the stories of two Spaniards #ContinuingtheFight in the British Army during #WW2, fighting on Ops MARKET & GARDEN. The stories of Joe Irala, 1st Airborne Recce Sqn & Marcial Fernández, Irish Gds. All in #ChurchillsSpaniards out in paperback!

17 September 1944

My Grandfather Serjeant Ludwik Podolanski along with others from the Polish Airbourne jumped at Arnhem

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#Arnhem81: today in 1944 Operation Market Garden began. The Air Armada took elements of three Airborne divisions deep into enemy territory and filled the skies as men dropped between Eindhoven & Arnhem, as seen in these private photos of the time.

Two weeks before the next road trip…following XXX Corps charge up Hell’s Highway in memory of my grandad who got as far as Elst with 43 Wessex, few miles short of Arnhem…A bridge to far #arnhem #arnhem81

Anyone like to doodle at work? This staff officer did in 1944! Any suggestions what it is?! #WW2 #DDay #DDay81 #Arnhem #Arnhem81

Some of the most technical wartime documents have some of the most colourful artwork. This is the geology of the Normandy coastline. It was part of the planning for Operation Axehead #DDay #Arnhem #DDay81 #Arnhem81 #Axehead #Normandy

Never heard of Operations Tuxedo or Wastage? Find out more in my book, Planned Airborne Operations in Normandy in Brittany, published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #DDay #DDay81 #Normandy #WW2 #SWW #Arnhem #Arnhem81

On this day in 1944 the British 1st Airborne Division issues its Operation Instruction No1, for operations where it might be required to fly in to Normandy to reinforce the beachhead. #DDay #DDay81 #Normandy #WW2 #SWW #Arnhem #Arnhem81 #Airborne

The National Archives. Hundreds of years of official records, and a treasure trove of Second World War History. There are hundreds of thousands of documents, many either never viewed before or never written about. I couldn't have written my books without them #Arnhem81 #WW2 #DDay81 #Airborne #TNA

I've been to Arnhem a few times, including in 2007 when me and my brother walked from the DZ at Ginkel Heath to Arnhem Bridge. It's a bloody long way. This is a rather youthful me at the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. #Arnhem81 #WW2 #DDay81 #Airborne #arnhem

Grandad served in the Home Guard before joining the Berkshire Regt and going to Palestine. After suffering from Malaria he joined the Paras. This photo shows him during Parachute Training - third from left - the aircraft is a Lockheed Hudson #Arnhem81 #WW2 #DDay81 #Airborne

So, why Second World War History? It all starts in 1944, 39 years before I was born. My Grandad, Private Henry Miller, fought at Arnhem in the 11th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment and was taken prisoner about a mile from the bridge. #WW2 #Airborne #DDay81 #Arnhem81

The Drop Zone at Ginkel Heath, Arnhem. The 4th Parachute Brigade landed here on 18 January 1944. Photo taken in 2004 during the 60th Anniversary #Arnhem #Arnhem81 #Airborne #WW2 #2WW