Bibliography
This page is intended as a listing of books related to the British and Canadian airborne forces, with a focus on World War II. We hope this listing provides a useful bibliography for those interested in studying this history, and encourage you to complement your reading by speaking with veterans, men and women of all branches, who took part in the war effort.
  • Ambrose, Stephen. Pegasus Bridge

  • Arthur, Max. Men of the Red Beret, Airborne Forces 1940-1990, Century Hutchinson Publishers, London, 1990 (ISBN 0 09 173931 4)
    A review of the origins, selection, training and operations of the British airborne forces.

  • Badsey, Stephen and David Chandler. Arnhem 1944: Operation 'Market Garden'

  • Baynes, John. Urquhart of Arnhem: The Life of Major General Urquhart

  • Blandford, Edmund L. Green Devils/Red Devils: Untold Tales of the Airborne in WWII

  • Bouchery, Jean. The 1944-45 British Soldier, Volume I

  • Bouchery, Jean. The 1944-45 British Soldier, Volume II

  • Brayley,Martin and Richard Ingram. World War II British Women's Uniforms In Color Photographs

  • Brayley,Martin and Richard Ingram. The World War II Tommy: British Army Uniforms European Theatre 1939-1945 in Colour Photographs

  • Chant, Christopher. Operation Overlord: Sword Beach & the British 6th Airborne Division

  • Chatternton, George. The Wings of Pegasus

  • Cholewczynski, George. Poles Apart: The Polish Airborne at the Battle of Arnhem

  • Cottingham, Peter Layton. Once Upon A Wartime, Leech Printing, Brandon, Manitoba, 1996 (ISBN 0 9680969 1 3)
    A Canadian who served in the Devil's Brigade.

  • Crookenden, Napier. Drop Zone Normandy

  • Dank, Milton. The Glider Gang

  • Davies, Howard P. British Parachute Forces 1940-45

  • Davis, Brian L. British Army Uniforms and Insignia

  • Delvin, Gerald. Paratrooper, St. Martins Press, New York, 1979
    US Army and Marine parachute and glider combat troops during WWII.

  • Dorosh, Michael. Canuck: Battle Dress, Weapons and Equipment, Volume 1

  • Fairley, John Allen. Remember Arnhem: the story of the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron at Arnhem

  • Frost, John. A Drop Too Many

  • Frost, John. xNearly There: Some Memoirs by John Frost

  • Gale, Richard. Call to Arms

  • Gale, Richard. The 6th Airborne Division in Normandy

  • Gavin, James. On To Berlin, Viking Press, New York, 1978
    American airborne forces general relates his history from 1943 to 1946.

  • Gregory, Barry. British Airborne Troops

  • Hagen, Louis. Arnhem Lift: A Fighting Glider Pilot Remembers

  • Harclerode, Peter. Go to it!: The Illustrated History of the 6th Airborne

  • Harclerode, Peter. Para! 50 Years of the Parachute Regiment

  • Heaps, Leo. The Grey Goose of Arnhem, PaperJacks, Markham, Ontario, 1977 (ISBN 0 7701 0021 X)
    A Canadian paratrooper relives his escape from Arnhem.

  • Hickey, Michael. Out of the Sky

  • Howarth, David. Dawn of D-Day

  • Hunter, Robin. True Story of the Paras: The Red Devils at War

  • Iannamico, Frank. The British Sten Manual

  • James, Julian. A Fierce Quality: the Fighting Life of Alastair Pearson

  • Kent, Ron. First in! parachute pathfinder company: a history of the 21st Independent Parachute Company, the original pathfinders of British Airborne Forces, 1942-1946

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

  • McNab, Chris. German Paratroopers, Amber Books, London, 2000 (ISBN 1 85410 726 7)
    Illustrated history of the German Fallschirmjaeger in WWII.

  • Middlebrook, Martin. Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle, 17-26 September

  • Mirouze, Laurant. World War 2 Uniforms

  • Mrazek, James. Fighting Gliders of World War II

  • Nolan, Brian. Airborne: The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in the Second World War

  • Norton, G.G. The Red Devils: From Bruneval to the Falklands

  • Official account of the British airborne division. By Air to Battle

  • Pielkalkievicz, J. Arnhem 1944: Germany's Last Victory

  • Powell, Geoffrey. The Devil's Birthday: The Bridges to Arnhem

  • Powell, Geoffrey. Men at Arnhem

  • Ryan, Cornelius. A Bridge Too Far

  • Ryan, Cornelius. The Longest Day

  • Saunders, Hillary. The Red Beret

  • Shannon, Kevin and Steven Wright. One Night in September

  • Sims, James. Arnhem Spearhead

  • Skennerton, Ian. The British Service Lee

  • Smith, Claude. The Glider Pilot Regiment

  • Strutton, Bill. Commando Force 133

  • Urquhart, Robert E. Arnhem: Britain's Infamous Airborne Assault of WW2

  • Waddy, John and John Hackett. A Tour of the Arnhem Battlefields

  • Weale, Adrian. The Green Eyed Boys: 3 Para and the Battle for Mount Longdon

  • Wheldon, Sir Huw. Red Berets into Normandy

  • Willes, John. Out of the Clouds