Nothing is Impossible

Author: Miller Victor  

Publisher: Pen and Sword‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9781473829756

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781473843660

Subject: K152 World War II (1939 - 1945)

Keyword: 英国,现代史(1917年~),各国军事

Language: ENG

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Description

Battle is the severest test a man can be called upon to undergo; it can bring out the best in a man - and the worst...The author of this book, Victor Miller, joined the Queen's Royal Regiment, at Guildford, upon the outbreak of the Second World War. He volunteered for the elite Glider Pilot Regiment upon its formation and passed, with above average marks, the RAF pilot training programme.From here, he was to take part in three of the most iconic airborne operations of the entire conflict. The invasion of Sicily, the Allies first attack in to Europe, where he was wounded and temporarily taken prisoner; Arnhem, where the 1st Airborne Division struck sixty-four miles behind enemy lines only to clash with two SS Armoured Panzer Divisions resulting in 80% losses in nine days; and the assault crossing of the Rhine, into Germany proper, with 'only' 30% losses.This remarkable story, jotted down shortly after each operation when the events were still vivid in the author's mind, is an astonishing record of skill, bravery, comradeship and resourcefulness which represents a fitting tribute to many fallen friends and colleagues. The book was published initially in 1994, before the author's death. This posthumous edition comes with brand new supplementary content, drawn together by the author's sons and family.

Chapter

Chapter 2 Glider Training

Chapter 3 North Africa

Chapter 4 Sicily

Chapter 5 Engagement

Chapter 6 Capture

Chapter 7 Return From Sicily

Chapter 8 Return To England

Chapter 9 Prelude To Arnhem

Chapter 10 Arnhem

Chapter 11 Landing At Arnhem

Chapter 12 Oosterbeek

Chapter 13 Three Days

Chapter 14 The Shrinking Circle

Chapter 15 The Sixth Day

Chapter 16 The First Hope

Chapter 17 How Much Longer?

Chapter 18 Portents Of Doom

Chapter 19 Retreat Across The Rhine

Chapter 20 Out Of Arnhem

Chapter 21 Nijmegen - And Home

Chapter 22 Preparing For Wesel

Chapter 23 To The Rhine

Chapter 24 Landing Over The Rhine

Chapter 25 On German Soil

Chapter 26 Hamminkeln

Chapter 27 Home Again

Epilogue

Afterword

Post Script

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Appendix Three

Acknowledgements

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