The Tragedy that was Arnhem
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- Regular (more than one month's notice)
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- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 27th July 2025
- Tagged:
- Arnhem | Airborne Forces | Paratrooper | 1944
This talk examines the reasons behind the Arnhem disaster, the main actors, and the consequences of the failure of the Arnhem part of Operation Market Garden. Not intended to be a chronological analysis of the battle, the talk is intended to highlight some of the lesser-known aspects of the Battle and the people involved.
This talk is accompanied by Power point slides
Views: 9 | Enquiries: 0About Rupert Hague-Holmes
Born into a military family, Rupert has had a life long passion for military history. He is a regular speaker at London clubs, military history festivals and societies, including the Chalke Valley History Festival, and U3A groups. He speaks on a diverse range of military history topics, mainly on post WW2 conflicts involving the British Army. All of my talks are illustrated by slides.
With a degree in Law & Politics from Durham University, Rupert qualified as a lawyer and spent over thirty years working in London, the Midlands and the Channel Islands in law firms and the financial services industry.
Now semi-retired, and living in Jersey, Channel Islands, Rupert’s first book “The Soldiers General: The biography of Lieutenant General Sir George Lea” was published by Barnthorn Publishing In March 2025.
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