I Was a Stranger
by Sir John Winthrop Hackett
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"Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. After four months in hiding, Hackett was at last well enough to strap a battered suitcase to an ancient bicycle and set out on a high adventure which would, he hoped, lead him to freedom."Tags
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Good account by an airborne soldier of his experience during and after Market-Garden. Good read, recommended.
Brilliant beyond belief
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- Important places
- The Netherlands; Gelderland, Netherlands; Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); Operation Market Garden (1944-09-17 | 1944-09-25)
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- Languages
- Dutch, English
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- Paper, Ebook
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