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One of the officers at the battle of Arnhem.
During the heavy fighting that followed, Digby could often be seen calmly strolling about the defences, seemingly oblivious to the constant threat of mortar barrages and sniper fire. Choosing to wear his red beret in place of a helmet and swinging his trademark umbrella as he went, Tatham-Warter, no ( Read more... )
During the heavy fighting that followed, Digby could often be seen calmly strolling about the defences, seemingly oblivious to the constant threat of mortar barrages and sniper fire. Choosing to wear his red beret in place of a helmet and swinging his trademark umbrella as he went, Tatham-Warter, no ( Read more... )
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Arnhem was a cock up at the higher levels of command but the performance of the troops involved was superhuman.
The film of it is called "a bridge too far", it was directed by Sir Richard Attenborough and has a cast of dozens of stars, Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, James Caan, Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins and loads of others, the book was written by the same guy that wrote "the longest day" about D-day. And for the boys, lots of guns etc.
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