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Arnhem: Black Tuesday
- The Classic Battle Told As Never Before
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
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The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history: a daring but thwarted attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine in order to end the war before Christmas. It is always written about, with the benefit of unerring 20/20 hindsight, as being doomed to fail, but the men who fought there, men of military legend, didn't know that that was to be their fate.
By focusing on the events of one day as they happened through the eyes of the British participants and without bringing any knowledge of what would happen tomorrow to bear, Al Murray offers a very different perspective to a familiar narrative. Some things went right and a great many more went wrong, but recounting them in this way allows the listener to understand for the first time how certain decisions were taken in the moment and how opportunities were squandered.
Tuesday 19 September 1944 was that terrible day which became known as Black Tuesday. From just after 12:00 hours while plans were being made to seize the initiative and optimism reigned, to the following midnight, when Arnhem was burning and the Allied fortunes looked very different, a mere twenty-four hours changed the course of the war.
Al Murray has always been obsessed with Arnhem, and in Arnhem: Black Tuesday, brings all of his knowledge, interpretation and enthusiasm to bear to tell the story of one of history’s great heroic failures differently for the first time.
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- robert
- 21-09-24
A bit average
For a book that’s admits at the start that there’s a lot already been said about the battle the book gose on to say not very much. A good short read but for those already know the battle rather than coming at it cold.
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- hayley yorkewade
- 22-09-24
Brilliant insight
I expected nothing less from the author and was not disappointed, brilliant research giving a new insight into this battle. Well done Al a fitting tribute to the men who risked it all for a bridge too far.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-24
No PDF So no maps or photographs…
A remarkable story, well told by Arnhem enthusiast ( expert) Al Murray, however the lack of an attached pdf ( is that a cost thing?) with maps etc does make the story harder to follow which is a shame.
Had to use the maps in Antony Beevor's book instead…
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