The German Kriegsberichter Erwin Seeger made a series of photos after the British retreated over the Rhine. The photos show in detail how great the chaos and destruction was in Oosterbeek. Seeger was a war photographer who was sent to Oosterbeek by the German army command after the end of the fighting to portray the…
On the bottom of this page you can watch the movie ‘Theirs is the Glory’. ‘Theirs is the Glory’ is the first movie about the Battle of Arnhem. The movie premiered in London exactly two years after the start of operation Market Garden, on September 17, 1946. Theirs is the Glory is a special movie.…
On Friday September 23, 1944, the German army command ordered that Arnhem be evacuated. The Germans assumed that the Allies would make a new attempt to conquer Arnhem. The 90,000 residents of the city were given until 8:00 PM Monday to leave the city. The population was informed of the evacuation order via stencils that…
Arnhem was evacuated after the Battle of Arnhem. But the inhabitants of Arnhem South already had to evacuate while there was still heavy fighting in and around the city. By order of the German occupier, Arnhem South had to evacuate earlier. On Thursday, September 21, all residents of Arnhem south of the Rhine were told…
Animation of the fights in the Arnhem area during operation Market Garden from sunday september 17 1944 till thursday september 21 1944. Yellow = 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron Maroon = 1Para Blue = 2Para Green = 3Para Red = 10th Battalion Pink = 2nd Battalion South Staffordshires Brown = Border Battalion Purple = 11th Battalion…