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"'A piece of history which succeeds in being original, penetrating and highly readable. No-one until now has asked the Germans why they thought the enterprise turned into tragedy. What they have told Robert Kershaw transforms our understanding." John Keegan, Daily Telegraph"
--This text refers to the
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On the afternoon of 17 September 1944, Lieutenant Joseph Enthammer, a Wehrmacht artillery officer based in Arnhem, gazed up to the clear skies, hardly believing what he saw. White 'snowflakes' appeared to hang in the air. 'That cannot be' he thought. 'It never snows in September! They must be parachutists!' They were. He was witnessing the first wave of the British parachute assault on Arnhem. The war had reached the Reich. The blow moreover had come as a total surprise. The Allies had expected operation Market-Garden to bring the collapse of the Wehrmacht in the West and shorten World War 2. But the Germans resolved to fight. This ground-breaking military study uniquely chronicles this period of the war through the eyes of the ordinary German soldier and analyses the reasons for the eventual outcome. A major work of military history, this new paperback edition is certain to stimulate renewed debate about one of the most controversial operations of World War 2.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read many books on Arnhem,being a reader,collector & buff on World
War2, I can say without any hesitation that "It never snows in September"
is, without any doubt the best written and above all the most honest and
truthful account of this epic battle during World War2. I strongly recomend all interested parties to read this book, even if you are already
in the middle of another version of "Market Garden, put it down and buy
"It never snows in September". You will not regret it. The only regret that I have, is that I never bought the Hard cover. Sid Scarsbrook.
War2, I can say without any hesitation that "It never snows in September"
is, without any doubt the best written and above all the most honest and
truthful account of this epic battle during World War2. I strongly recomend all interested parties to read this book, even if you are already
in the middle of another version of "Market Garden, put it down and buy
"It never snows in September". You will not regret it. The only regret that I have, is that I never bought the Hard cover. Sid Scarsbrook.
41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is probably the best account of the German side of Operation Market Garden in English. The author, a British Parachute regiment officer, used German sources while he was based in Germany to find out what happened from the other side of the hill. It is a fascinating account and dispels some of the myths about the battle, especially the controversy over whether there were really two full panzer divisions in the area when the Operation took place. He uses German ration returns and maintenance reports to show what was there for definite and uses his military knowledge to fill in the few gaps with reasonable guesses. In all he paints a different picture to the popular histories.
If you are seriously interested in Market Garden then you must buy this book, it is an invaluable resource.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What this guy doesn't know about Operation Market Garden probably isn't worth knowing.
Having read a few accounts from the Allied perspective, this book's interpretation of events from the point of view of the Germans was fascinating. Kershaw's position is, essentially, that there has been too much focus upon the failure of the operation as a result of Allied mistakes; he examines the extraordinarily effective response the Germans managed to put together - still reeling from their defeat at Normandy, cobbling together troops who were often too young/inexperienced to have undergone any combat. An appreciation of the bravery of the Arnhem landings - and their ultimately tragic conclusion - is certainly not diminished by this re-focus; indeed, I came away with even more admiration as Kershaw makes it clear that the Allied troops faced a far more formidable enemy than might have been expected - and that the airborne troops actually did all that was asked of them. I thoroughly recommend it if you have more than a passing interest in the Arnhem landings.
The author has been let down by the publisher, though. They've been publishing this, in a number of editions, for many years - so a decent copy editor should have spotted the typo's (and, frankly, some clunky grammar at times). Far worse is the transformation to the current paperback edition. Throughout the text, there are references to specific photographs which aren't supplied and you get the sense of missing maps. Eventually, frustrated, I bought a secondhand copy of the out of print illustrated version: virtually every page has photographs or explanatory diagrams/maps - and suddenly everything makes sense. It's like finding out there's a video of something you thought only existed as a radio programme. The current paperback edition has some lousy, indecipherable maps in the middle with a ridiculous key (grey = wooden area; grey = town; grey line = road; grey line = river); you buy the illustrated version and realise it's because they've lazily copied a full colour map into a black and white version which can't cope with the distinction between blues and greens.
It's all very well trying to produce an affordable edition, but it still has to make sense.
DO buy this - Kershaw is great - but try to get the older edition with photographs/maps.
Having read a few accounts from the Allied perspective, this book's interpretation of events from the point of view of the Germans was fascinating. Kershaw's position is, essentially, that there has been too much focus upon the failure of the operation as a result of Allied mistakes; he examines the extraordinarily effective response the Germans managed to put together - still reeling from their defeat at Normandy, cobbling together troops who were often too young/inexperienced to have undergone any combat. An appreciation of the bravery of the Arnhem landings - and their ultimately tragic conclusion - is certainly not diminished by this re-focus; indeed, I came away with even more admiration as Kershaw makes it clear that the Allied troops faced a far more formidable enemy than might have been expected - and that the airborne troops actually did all that was asked of them. I thoroughly recommend it if you have more than a passing interest in the Arnhem landings.
The author has been let down by the publisher, though. They've been publishing this, in a number of editions, for many years - so a decent copy editor should have spotted the typo's (and, frankly, some clunky grammar at times). Far worse is the transformation to the current paperback edition. Throughout the text, there are references to specific photographs which aren't supplied and you get the sense of missing maps. Eventually, frustrated, I bought a secondhand copy of the out of print illustrated version: virtually every page has photographs or explanatory diagrams/maps - and suddenly everything makes sense. It's like finding out there's a video of something you thought only existed as a radio programme. The current paperback edition has some lousy, indecipherable maps in the middle with a ridiculous key (grey = wooden area; grey = town; grey line = road; grey line = river); you buy the illustrated version and realise it's because they've lazily copied a full colour map into a black and white version which can't cope with the distinction between blues and greens.
It's all very well trying to produce an affordable edition, but it still has to make sense.
DO buy this - Kershaw is great - but try to get the older edition with photographs/maps.
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Superb account
For anyone interested in Market Garden this book is an absolute must buy.
It tells the story from the German point of view, is superbly illustrated and has excellent... Read more
It tells the story from the German point of view, is superbly illustrated and has excellent... Read more
Published 9 months ago by A.J.S. 62
Esential reading
This is one of the most essential books on Operation Market Garden. It is focused on the Axis response, actions and thoughts with the occasionaly forray into those of the allied... Read more
Published 9 months ago by SmartyBoy
Brilliant!
Very well researched and written, 'It Never Snows...' gives a fair judgement on Market Garden from the German side. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Paul Ryan
Fascinating and enthralling
I had three very personal reasons for reading this book. Firstly my father fought at Arnhem and was captured at Nijmegen as a German Para. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Andrew P. Stange
Great stuff, just 50 pages too long
Having read several books about Arnhem I had heard of this book and was intrigued to see what a German account of Operation Market Garden was like. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Andrew Walker
It never snows in September
A very well written and well researched book. The book gives, in detail the picture of Op Market Garden from the German perspective. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ex Para
Readable and shockingly informative.
Any avid reader or student of warfare would find this both informative from a scholarly point of view and easy to read (I am neither scholar nor avid reader and I finished it in a... Read more
Published 19 months ago by A. S. Edwards
Great read
A most interesting read from the viewpoint of the "other side", which is scarce. Well narrated and structured. Once you start it it's hard to let go, you'll read it in one go. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by BLT
Brilliant history...puts to shame other writers on the subject
As with all Kershaw's books....little short of brilliant. Combines academic rigour and the ability to relate facts in an illuminating and interesting way with the priceless... Read more
Published on 22 July 2009 by Lightcavalryman
eye-opener
Eye opener
Excellent read in every way: well researched: easy to read and it gives the context and structure to the German response to Market Garden. Read more
Excellent read in every way: well researched: easy to read and it gives the context and structure to the German response to Market Garden. Read more
Published on 3 July 2009 by T. R. Wantling
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