Freebird, Tell that to the engineers who planned the operation that it would not have worked. I guess that you never heard of a Bailey Pontoon...
Yes. They had the equipment, the men and the plans for a Bailey pontoon bridge, a FBE bridge and a Bailey barge bridge. Remember that a 110'...
Urquhart wanted the land there the first day, but the RAF screamed that there were too many AA guns at the airfield north of Arnhem. They would...
If we are voting for the biggest mistake, then my vote would be the choice of drop zones. The 1st Para Bde should have landed on the flat ground...
As someone who has studied the battle in great detail and has heard all the arguements about why it went wrong, I am leaning away from the whole...
No mention of the Captain or the 57th in the Royal Engineer official history. However, it does imply that the BD units were around doing work like...
What you described about the lack of quality in Kindles is now also a problem in all of the pubishing industry. Never before has it been so easy...
Well, my publisher put out a couple of my books in the kindle format and as a Kindle user I was pleased. I like the ease of it and as I get older,...
Hi, Yes, I am.
Hello, It has been awhile since I have posted something here and I want tell you of a new book on the 101st Airborne Division's Engineer...
Checkerboard was the 99th Division's patch, which is in the middle artwork. John www.stormboatkings.ca
I wonder what the Russians would have done to them if they had lived? Too bad that they weren't sent to the mountains. It would have been...
The next book in the Market Garden Engineer Series is now out and is at: The Wrong Side Of The River by John Sliz in History This is the second...
Update: the book is currently on Amazon.com and Lulu.com, but unfortunately not on Amazon.co.uk. Well, not yet. John www.stormboatkings.ca
I am not sure about the US army, but in the Canadian Army, especially the Royal Canadian Engineers, it was common place for a soldier to move...
The book will be on amazon in a day or so. John
Thanks, but I should have mentioned that I did the whole internet search thing. Still, it was good to revisit these sites.
I am focusing on their involvement during Operation Market Garden. John
Hello, Please see attached flyer. John
Hi, The British and Commenwealth engineers were broken down pretty much the same as the U.S. were. There was a Field Company (or Squadron in the...
