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| Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor.
As the Allied armies dashed across France after victory in Normandy, they remained reliant on one thing - supplies. With Cherbourg the only port in use, everything depended on trucks to deliver enough fuel, food and ammunition to keep the momentum going. But there was a problem. Too few trucks, and too few drivers. The invasion was in danger of stalling, and if it did, the Germans might just regain the initiative. Action was needed, and quickly. Montgomery argued that all resources be channeled into a single, powerful thrust into Germany, but Eisenhower disagreed. the Allies would advance on a broad front. But he did give Montgomery the First Allied Airborne Army to try and capture the major bridges in Holland on the road to the Rhine, ahead of the Allies advance. For the men of the 101st Airborne, the Screaming Eagles, their task was to seize the bridges at Eindhoven. The 82nd would do the same at Nijmegan, and the British 1st Airborne would capture the farthest bridge, at Arnhem. On the ground the British 30th Corps would advance northwards and link up with them, and, if successful, turn the German flank on the Rhine. On 17th September 1944 the plan was put into action, the 101st quickly securing all of its objectives, and the 82nd capturing one bridge. The British 1st Airborne fought its way into Arnhem and seized the bridge over the Rhine. Now all they had to do was hold out until the 30th Corps arrived. But 30th Corps was making slow progress, and although the men of the 101st and the 82nd held out until relieved, in Arnhem it was too late to save the British 1st Airborne. Battle-weary, without ammunition or supplies, only a few survivors escaped back across the Rhine. Of the 10,000 men who had landed, just 2,000 made it out. If the operation had succeeded the war in Europe might have been over by Christmas 1944. Instead, hostilities would continue through the bitter winter. |
| Item Code : DHM1841 | Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor. - This Edition | |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Limited edition of 450 prints.
| Paper size 33.5 inches x 25 inches (85cm x 61cm) Image size 27 inches x 17.5 inches (69cm x 44cm) | Tipper, Ed Maynard, Bill Suerth, Herb + Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £115 | £60 Off! | Now : £210.00 |
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Other editions of this item : | Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor. | DHM1841 |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | ARTIST PROOF | 101st Airborne edition of 225 artist proofs
SOLD OUT. | Paper size 33.5 inches x 25 inches (85cm x 61cm) Image size 27 inches x 17.5 inches (69cm x 44cm) | Shames, Ed True, William Wingett, Bill Soboleski, Frank (companion print) Taylor, Amos Buck (companion print) Rogers, Paul (companion print) Joint, Ed Tipper, Ed Zimmermann, Hank (companion print) Koskimaki, George Hallow, Ed Burgett, Don Bain, Rod (companion print) Peruginni, Phil McClung, Earl (companion print) Martin, James (companion print) Vicari, Vinnie (companion print) Lyall, Clancy (companion print) Perconte, Frank (companion print) Maynard, Bill Suerth, Herb + Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £615 | | SOLD OUT | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Collectors edition of 350 prints Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Paper size 33.5 inches x 25 inches (85cm x 61cm) Image size 27 inches x 17.5 inches (69cm x 44cm) | Shames, Ed True, William Wingett, Bill Joint, Ed Tipper, Ed Koskimaki, George Hallow, Ed Burgett, Don Maynard, Bill Suerth, Herb + Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £390 | £60 Off! | Now : £265.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | 101st Airborne edition of 125 prints
SOLD OUT. | Paper size 33.5 inches x 25 inches (85cm x 61cm) Image size 27 inches x 17.5 inches (69cm x 44cm) | Shames, Ed True, William Wingett, Bill Soboleski, Frank (companion print) Taylor, Amos Buck (companion print) Rogers, Paul (companion print) Joint, Ed Tipper, Ed Zimmermann, Hank (companion print) Koskimaki, George Hallow, Ed Burgett, Don Bain, Rod (companion print) Peruginni, Phil McClung, Earl (companion print) Martin, James (companion print) Vicari, Vinnie (companion print) Lyall, Clancy (companion print) Perconte, Frank (companion print) Maynard, Bill Suerth, Herb + Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £615 | | SOLD OUT | VIEW EDITION... | REMARQUE | Collectors remarque edition of 10 prints
SOLD OUT. | Paper size 33.5 inches x 25 inches (85cm x 61cm) Image size 27 inches x 17.5 inches (69cm x 44cm) | Shames, Ed True, William Wingett, Bill Joint, Ed Tipper, Ed Koskimaki, George Hallow, Ed Burgett, Don Peruginni, Phil Maynard, Bill Suerth, Herb + Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £405 | | SOLD OUT | VIEW EDITION... |
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Signatures on this item | *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | Name | Info |
Corporal Herb Jr Suerth (deceased) *Signature Value : £35
| 18 year old Herb Suerth enlisted as a volunteer for the Reserve Engineer Corps on 11th November 1942, but after a change of heart in 1944 he was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, beginning parachute school training in August that year. After final combat training in Holland, Herb was trucked into Bastogne in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge, also fighting in Foy. On 9th January 1945 Herb was wounded by artillery fire and his legs were severely injured but ultimately saved. He was shipped out of England and back to the US on 8th April 1945. He died on 14th October 2017. |
Private 1st Class Bill Maynard *Signature Value : £40
| Born in 1923, Bill Maynard enlisted into the 101st Airborne Division in 1942, completing his training with Easy Company at camp in Toccoa, Georgia. Posted to Europe, Bill completed his combat training prior to D-Day, and jumped with the rest of Easy Company into Normandy on D-Day itself. He was wounded in heavy fighting shortly afterwards, receiving the Purple Heart, but continued to fight on. An experienced marksman with pistol, rifle and machine-gun, he fought with Easy Company throughout Normandy, into Holland, at Bastogne, and into southern Germany at the end of the war. |
Sergant Ed Tipper (deceased) *Signature Value : £40
| Ed Tipper volunteered for the paratroopers and was assigned to Easy Company, 101st Airborne. He made his first jump into Normandy on D-Day. Fighting in Carentan, he was hit by a mortar shell and badly injured. His right eye was damaged, and later removed completely, while both his legs were broken. He was first sent to England then repatriated to the United States. When I came out of the Army I walked with a cane and wore an eye patch. The thing I remember most was the tremendous response of everybody I met to do everything they could do to show support for the military. Maybe the support felt exaggerated to me because I had clearly been shot up and wounded. Whenever I ate at a restaurant I went to the cashier and there was almost never a bill. Or the waitress nodded her head and said, 'A gentleman over at that table has paid.' Of course I was home a year ahead of everybody else. But that sort of thing happened to me a lot. He died on 1st February 2017. |
The Aircraft : | Name | Info | Dakota | DOUGLAS DAKOTA, Transport aircraft with three crew and can carry 28 passengers. speed 230-mph, and a altitude of 23,200 feet. maximum range 2,100 miles. The Douglas Dakota served in all theatres of world war two, The Royal Air Force received its first Douglas Dakota's in April 1941, to 31 squadron which was serving in India. These were DC2, later DC3 and eventually C-47 Dakotas were supplied. The Douglas Dakota was developed from the civil airliner of the 1930's. The Royal Air Force received nearly 2,000 Dakotas, But many more than this served in the US Air Force and other allied countries. The last flight of a Douglas Dakota of the Royal Air Force was in 1970. You can still see Douglas Dakota's in operational and transport use across the world. |
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