Half an airborne division, spread over 11 kilometers
An underexposed aspect of the Battle of Arnhem is the impossible task that the 1st British Airborne Division faced on the first … Keep Reading
An underexposed aspect of the Battle of Arnhem is the impossible task that the 1st British Airborne Division faced on the first … Keep Reading
More than 12,000 British and Polish airborne troops whose aim was to capture the Rhine Bridge near Arnhem in one day. That … Keep Reading
After the airborne landings on September 17, three battalions with approximately 2,700 British paratroopers left for Arnhem via three different routes. 1st … Keep Reading
The leading ground troops of XXX Corps, led by British General Horrocks, had not advanced beyond Valkenswaard on Sunday, September 17. The … Keep Reading
The early morning of Monday, September 18. That was the last moment when it was quiet for the British at the Rhine … Keep Reading
Not all British soldiers who had landed at Wolfheze on Sunday, September 17, had marched to Arnhem after the landing. Some of … Keep Reading
German corporal Karl-Heinz Kracht was a bomb loader in a Mark III tank that was deployed against John Frost’s paratroopers at the … Keep Reading
None of the original buildings that the British held on the north side of the Rhine Bridge during the Battle of Arnhem … Keep Reading
On the morning of Tuesday, September 19, 1944, two German Propaganda Kompanie Kriegsberichter arrive in Arnhem: Wenzel and Jacobsen. The war correspondents … Keep Reading
Major Stanley C. Panter was one of the British paratroopers who fought at the Rhine Bridge during the Battle of Arnhem. After … Keep Reading
Many personal accounts have been written from the English side in which soldiers describe their experiences during the Battle of Arnhem. Much … Keep Reading
ARNHEM – It is a bizarre story, but it is true. A month after the end of Market Garden, six American soldiers … Keep Reading
When Major General Roy Uquhart was told in January 1944 that he was nominated as the new commander of the 1st British … Keep Reading
SS General Wilhelm Bittrich, Willi for friends, was the general who led the 9th and 10th SS Armored Division who were stationed … Keep Reading
One Dutch soldier was involved during the Battle of Arnhem. Captain Jacob “Jaap” Groenewoud was added as a liaison officer to the … Keep Reading