It Never Snows in September: The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem September 1944 by Robert Kershaw

Review written by Foul. [Frid Apr 30, 2010 11:16 pm] 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.

After reading the book i would add that a general knowledge of the MG campaign does help to follow the events described in the book, also the book goes on to detail unsuccessful German operations around Arnhem to recover lost ground after MG was called off by Montgomery a subject i have not found covered elsewhere.

All in all a very good book.