John Greenacre

John Greenacre

John Greenacre spent 24 years in the British Army as a commissioned officer in the Royal Corps of Transport and Army Air Corps. A reconnaissance helicopter pilot, John served on operations in the Gulf, the Balkans and Northern Ireland. He is a graduate of the Joint Services Staff College and worked in staff jobs from procurement to arms control, from the Falkland Islands to Canada. He left the Army in 2011. John was awarded his PhD from the University in Leeds in 2009 for the research on his thesis on the development of Britain’s airborne forces during the Second World War. His book on the same subject, Churchill’s Spearhead was published by Pen and Sword in 2010 on the 70th anniversary of the formation of British airborne forces. John is a badged member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides and frequently leads groups across the battlefields of the First World War’s Western Front and Second World War battlefields in France, Holland, Germany, Italy and Malta. He is also an occasional lecturer in modern European history at University Campus Suffolk.

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John Greenacre Movies

  • 2012
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    Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods

    Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods

    1 2012 HD

    Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden was always going to be difficult for Brigadier...

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  • 1970
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    Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1

    Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1

    1 1970 HD

    The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly debated battle of the North West European Campaign,...

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  • 2012
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    Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen

    Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen

    1 2012 HD

    Following on from the story of Hell's Highway, the series reaches the battle to seize the great Bridges over two of Europe's largest water ways; the...

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