John Keegan :

Sunday Telegraph 18 Aug 1990.

This is a model of the battle monograph, and will be an essential source for students of the Arnhem tragedy and of air landing operations in perpetuity.

Robert Kershaw…succeeded in tracking down and interviewing many of the German survivors, whose eyewitness testimony lends so much vividness to his narrative…No-one until now, has asked the Germans why they thought the enterprise turned into tragedy. What they have told Kershaw transforms our understanding’.

British Army Review

December 1990:

This excellent book makes a major contribution, not just to the study of MARKET-GARDEN and the NW Europe campaign as a whole, but to a number of ever – relevant military problems.

Royal Engineers Journal 1991:

…A remarkable book by almost any standards…This book is a major contribution to military history and is strongly recommended for all who are interested in the art of war. Robert Kershaw has demonstrated that he is a military historian of considerable talent. This is his first book, I very much hope that it is not his last.

Max Hastings:

Sunday Telegraph 24 April 2006.

…an outstanding analysis of the 1944 Arnhem battle.

Major General John Frost:

…a wonderful effort – the research is of great value to historians today in allowing a new assessment to be made of the battle’.

General Sir John Hackett.

RUSI Journal. 1990.

‘Among much that deserves praise in this outstanding book is its extensive use of first hand source material originating at all levels’

‘In any collection of books about market-Garden… Kershaw’s book must be seen as an indispensable addition’.