ARNHEM AND THE AFTERMATH: Civilian Experiences in the Netherlands 1940-1945 Harr

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ARNHEM AND THE AFTERMATH:
Civilian Experiences in the Netherlands 1940-1945
By
Harry Kuiper
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War is far more than a series of military victories and defeats.
Civilians always are the biggest victims and there are often staggering
imbalances between casualties on the front lines, and those behind;
between the victims and the aggressors.
According to recent figures, The Second World War saw the deaths
of an estimated 72 million people worldwide, two thirds of whom were
civilians.
Wars also have serious social, economic and human consequences.  They
may defeat politicians and aggressive politics, but it is
communities who
pay the price. In 1939 one European country after another suffered
defeat, which later resulted in enormous social and economic
degradation of the communities involved.
The failure of Operation Market Garden in 1944 resulted in yet another
tragedy for the Dutch and one that would have far deeper social
consequences than those before it. After the Allies were defeated,
the Nazis terrorized the local Dutch populace and the V2 rockets
fired immediately from their Dutch launch sites resulted in over 9,000
casualties in the UK.
Arnhem and the Aftermath begins and ends in Arnhem, in 1940 and
1945 respectively. It focuses on the experiences of the civilians in
those mournful years, against a backdrop of all three airborne
operations in the Netherlands, in which both German and Allied
forces were involved.
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