Tim Saunders: 15 books
Operation Varsity
The British and Canadian Airborne Crossing of the Rhine
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
In Spring 1945 the outcome of the war was ritually certain but the mighty River Rhine still stood in the way of the Allies. Eisenhower’s strategy was to guarantee a crossing in the Ruhr area by allocating the main effort to Montgomery’s 21st Army Group. Monty’s task was to envelope and take...
Nijmegen
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division - 1944
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2008
The 82nd Airborne Division fought some of its most desperate battles in support of the British landings at Arnhem, yet these actions are little known today. All of the units, personalities and actions of this hopeless struggle are covered in the acclaimed Battleground Europe style. This heavily illustrated...
Hell's Highway
U.S. 101st Airborne -1944
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Hell's Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the American Paras (82d Airborne) at Nijmegen and the British I st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Adopting the clear and successful...
Juno Beach
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division - July 1944
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
By June 1944, Juno Beach was a key part of Hitler's vaunted Atlantic Wall, with no less than four major strong points along its length. German pillboxes were sited to sweep the beaches with machine gun fire and were surrounded by belts of barbed wire and mines. Leading the attack were the 3rd Canadian...
Hill 112
The Battle of the Odon
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Over a month after the D-Day landings the Allies were still confined to the Normandy peninsula. The German line was anchored by the medieval town of Caen, which the British were supposed to have occupied on D-Day. The key to capturing Caen was Hill 112, known to the Germans as "Kalverienberg"...
by Tim Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Previous works have concentrated on the 'Pal' in Britain's northern towns and cities. This book seeks to explore the little appreciated part in the Battle of the Somme played by the Regular and Volunteer Service battalions of two small West Country regiments; the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset...
Operation Plunder
The British and Canadian Operations
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
By late March 1945, Second British Army and Ninth US Army were poised to carry out an assault crossing of the Rhine. In the British part of the operations, Montgomery’s best assault divisions were assembled to carry out the British and Canadian part of the attack between Emmerich and Wesel.
A...
The Island
Nijmegen to Arnhem
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2008
Having fought their way up fifty miles of Hell's Highway and through Nijmegen, XXX Corps was just ten miles from Arnhem and the 1st British Airborne Division. Here it found itself on an island of flat land between the Waal at Nijmegen and the Rhine at Arnhem. The situation was increasingly bad with...
Commandos and Rangers
D-Day Operations
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
In the dark days of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill showed his belief in ultimate victory by ordering the raising of the elite Commandos to ‘break the intolerable shackles of defeat.’ Having proved their worth in numerous raids and operations in the Mediterranean they and their American...
by Tim Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2005
The seizure of the Belgian fortress stronghold at Eban Emael by German Airborne and Special Forces was the dramatic opening shot in the Nazis’ devastating May 1940 offensive. Codenamed Operation GRANITE, it involved glider forces in a daring ‘coup de main’ operation achieving total surprise...
by Major Tim Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
In 1942, with the outcome of the war very much in the balance, there was a pressing need for military success on mainland Europe. Churchill ordered Admiral Lord Mountbatten's Combined Operations HQ to take the war to the Germans. The Canadians were selected for the Dieppe raid, which, while a morale...
Crete
The Airborne Invasion 1941
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
The invasion was launched to round off Hitler’s Balkan Campaign against Crete in May 1941. The Island was important to Britain’s control of the Eastern Mediterranean and Churchill was determined that the Island would be held.
The British garrison was largely made up of New Zealand and Australian...
by Tim Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
The attack by Rudder’s Rangers on Pointe du Hoc, as one of the opening acts of D Day, is without doubt an epic of military history. As a result of Montgomery’s upscaling of the invasion General Bradley’s First US Army had to deal with a dangerous coastal gun battery that would dominate the approaches...
Successful Group Work
A Practical Guide for Students in Further and Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This concise guide covers all the practical skills that students need to work effectively in a group in higher and further education. Using a variety of interactive teaming activities, students can practice the main principles. A number of case-study and real-life examples are also included.
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