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A \u003cb\u003egripping, visceral and immensely moving read.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCourage beyond measure, \u003c\/b\u003ecoupled with humility to act as a lesson to us all. \u003cb\u003eNo more fitting tribute\u003c\/b\u003e – we remember them'\u003cb\u003e - DAMIEN LEWIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The determination of John Humphreys and his comrades of 1st Airborne Division in both attack and defence is \u003cb\u003elegendary\u003c\/b\u003e.  This is \u003cb\u003ea tale as brave as it is tragic\u003c\/b\u003e’ - \u003cb\u003eSGT DAN MILLS, author of \u003ci\u003eSniper One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘From the fall of Tobruk to the bridge at Arnhem, few can compare to John Humphreys’ war . . . \u003cb\u003eHonest, insightful and sometimes painful. I enjoyed it very much indeed\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003eTOM PETCH, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eSPEED, AGGRESSION, SURPRISE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful and authentic account of one soldier's war from Tobruk to Arnhem and all points in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Humphreys was just a boy soldier in the Royal Engineers when war was declared in 1939. By the war's end he had jumped into Arnhem with the Parachute Regiment to spearhead the attack on the bridge. For days Humphreys and the rest of his squad held on, outnumbered and outgunned by the German army fighting to the last bullet and refusing to surrender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the Bridge Too Far is only the climax of Humphreys’ remarkable war. 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