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75 YEARS AGO
A BRIDGE
TOO
FAR
Witness the dramatic story of Operation
Market Garden
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Two handed swords
The development and
use of heavy weapons
The Boxer Rebellion
Trouble in the Orient
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Clash of the cruisers
The big ships slog it out
at Dogger Bank in WWI
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Market Garden
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and Axis troops
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The SA 80
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that’s served for
over 34 years
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Welcome
hile the film,
A Bridge
Too Far,
based on
another of Cornelius
Ryan’s best-selling
books, has proven to be the defining
cinematic interpretation of the ill-fated
battle, there are almost endless other
books examining the bid to capture
the bridges into Holland. We’ve had
straight histories, interpretations,
military guides and battlefield analysis
by the bucket load. At best, Operation
Market Garden
was ambitious and risky,
at worst it was badly planned and
implemented, poorly equipped, and
ignored solid intelligence of German SS
Panzer divisions in the area.
The concept, to use paratroops
to capture nine bridges and create a
bridgehead over the Rhine into Germany,
and then re-enforce them by sending an
armoured division up one narrow road
had obvious flaws right from the start. It
would have taken very little for German
forces to cut the road and starve the
advanced troops of supplies for one, and
being so close to the German industrial
heartland meant that a Wehrmacht
counter attack wouldn’t take very long to
come. In fact, the battle illustrated that
when needed, the German war machine
was both incredibly resilient and could
organise itself with great speed.
What no-one can doubt is the bravery
of the Airborne divisions who fought
until they ran out of ammunition, and
those left behind as a desperate rescue
mission to get them back out again was
mounted at the end. So, come with
us, as we describe the dramatic and
ultimately unsuccessful attempt to bring
the war in Europe to an early close.
Our associated collecting features cover
the British paratroopers uniform, the
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German MG 42 machine gun and the
medals that soldiers could have been
awarded for
Market Garden.
Funnily
enough, I was thinking about just that
feature while wandering around the
baking hot fields of the War and Peace
Revival when I came across not one, but
two deactivated MG 42s, both priced
at under what we were quoting in our
feature, so the price range in the article
was duly adjusted.
It was quite astonishing that an
otherwise abysmal summer should
produce a scorching four day heat wave,
at exactly the same time as last year to
coincide with the show. Quite how the
Living History people could walk around
in those heavy uniforms in that heat
was both a mystery and also testament
to their dedication. We’re going to
have a new series on how to get into
re-enacting, with correct uniforms and
weapons, starting next month.
Now, in other news, last month’s
editorial comments about auction
house charges certainly struck a nerve
with you. We have printed three of the
replies we’ve had in the Your Letters
pages. Remember, the letters pages are
your space to comment on things in
the magazine, features you’d like to see
and the general state of affairs in the
militaria market. Also, if you'd like to
have your collection featured in the
magazine, have a look at the details in
My Militaria, on page 98.
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Contents
Inside
OCTOBER 2019
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ISSUE 170
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REGULARS
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History and vintage event of the year as the
sun came out for a mini-heat wave.
Welcome
What the Editor has to say about this
issue, where Allied forces launched an
audacious plan to shorten the war.
19
Under the hammer
78
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News
Let’s have a look at what’s been up for
grabs in the sale rooms. There were medals at
DNW, Eastern arms at Thomas del Mar and
antique pistols at Gildings.
What’s happening in the world of
militaria, museums, exhibitions, collections
and events. This month, there’s the latest from
the National Army Museum.
FEATURES
12
Militaria for sale
Lenny Warren takes a trip around
the internet in search of rare, interesting and
desirable collectables.
31
Legacies of Steel
Duncan Evans takes a closer look at a
lavish new book that showcases some of the
finest German edged weapons from the last
200 years.
EVENTS
36
Clash of the
battlecruisers
Dogger Bank 1915 was the
first time that capital ships of
the Royal Navy and Imperial
Germany met on equal terms,
as Graham Caldwell explains.
14
In the sale rooms
Discover what’s coming
up for auction, with German
collectables at Ratisbon’s, the
RAF at Bosleys and Commando
artefacts at Rippingales.
36
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The War and
Peace Revival
Duncan Evans heads for Hop Farm
in Kent for the biggest militaria, Living
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Graham Priest takes a look
at the small arms of a conflict
where Western expansionism met
Eastern conservatism.
46
The Boxer
Rebellion
REGULAR
COVER
FEATURES
22
A bridge too far
COVER
STORY
An operation designed to shorten
the war in Western Europe turned out to be
the only defeat suffered by the Allies after
D-Day. It was hugely ambitious, dropping
Airborne paratroops onto bridges and
following them up with ground forces, but
poorly implemented.
Peter Duckers takes a look at
the various medals handed out
to both sides for the ill-fated
operation to capture the
Dutch bridges.
41
Awards for
Arnhem
British
Airborne
uniforms and gear
Edward Hallett examines
the specialist uniforms
and equipment used by British
Airborne troops at Arnhem.
54
64
The MG 42
John Walter describes
the Wehrmacht’s ground-
breaking machine gun, known to
the Allied troops as Hitler’s Saw.
50
52
War Story
Susie Kearley recounts the
story of Clyde ‘Sparky’ Cosper, a
young pilot who steered his stricken
B-17 bomber away from Princes
Risborough in Buckinghamshire.
73
Gear
of the
Volunteer
Training
Corps
Ray Westlake
takes stock of the
uniforms and
equipment as
advertised in the
Volunteer Training
Corps Gazette.
SIGNALS
91
Reviews
Duncan Evans takes a look at the latest
releases including
Arnhem 1944, The Final
Innings, The Ultimate Art of War and Women of
the Home Front.
Legendary
hardware: The
M4 Sherman
Duncan Evans looks at a range
of iconic hardware from WWII
and points out collecting
opportunities. This month,
it’s the Sherman tank.
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98
Auction & Fair Diary
Don’t miss that must-have militaria.
It’s your diary dates and locations for
upcoming auctions.
59
The SA 80
bayonet
Gabriele Esposito describes the history
and organisation of Napoleon’s
favourite, elite soldiers.
78
The Imperial Guard
of Napoleon I
My Militaria
James O’Brien shares his collection
of pouches, packets, bags and holsters from
various armies.
Graham Priest describes the bayonet
that has clocked up 34 years of
service around the world, and is still
going strong.
68
The two-handed
sword
31
Some 10 years before the famous Gatling
Gun was invented, a Belgian Army
Captain came up with the same idea.
84
The Mitrailleuse
Machine Gun
100
Your letters
Have your say on collecting
militaria, features in the magazine and
identifying mysterious objects.
Neil Melville looks at the development,
design and battlefield use of the
heavyweight, two-handed sword in
Renaissance Europe.
Ray Westlake looks closely at
a photo of the Norfolk Yeomanry (The
King’s Own Royal Regiment).
88
The Photo Inspector
102
Competition
It's your chance to win one of
three prize bundles consisting of
Arnhem
1944: The Human Tragedy of the Bridge Too Far,
Arnhem and the Aftermath,
and
The Battle for
Arnhem 1944-1945.
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