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
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This was the attack plan of the 1st Parachute Brigade
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
John Frost’s Battalion captures the Rhine bridge, but not the railway bridge and the ship bridge
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
September 18 View all
The Waal Bridge in Nijmegen is still firmly in German hands on September 18
The British at Arnhem were not the only airborne troops who encountered problems after the landings. The American paratroopers of the 82nd … Keep Reading
Many died during the airborne landings on Monday, September 18 on the Ginkelse Heide
A day after the first airborne landings at Wolfheze, the rest of the British airborne troops of the Airborne Division, including General … Keep Reading
On September 18, the British fought against the Dutch on the Ginkelse Heide
Not all British soldiers who had landed at Wolfheze on Sunday, September 17, had marched to Arnhem after the landing. Some of … Keep Reading
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Video: The Incredible Patrol of the 101st Airborne Division
Holland, October 1944. A reconnaissance patrol from the 101st airborne division had been tasked with capturing two German prisoners of war behind … Keep Reading
VIDEO: “Theirs is the Glory”: the first movie about the Battle of Arnhem
On the bottom of this page you can watch the movie ‘Theirs is the Glory’. ‘Theirs is the Glory’ is the first … Keep Reading
Video: The British took control of these buildings near the Rhine Bridge
None of the original buildings that the British held on the north side of the Rhine Bridge during the Battle of Arnhem … Keep Reading
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Longread: The incredible patrol of six soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division
ARNHEM – It is a bizarre story, but it is true. A month after the end of Market Garden, six American soldiers … Keep Reading
Longread: the Battle of Arnhem through the eyes of German commander Walter Harzer
Many personal accounts have been written from the English side in which soldiers describe their experiences during the Battle of Arnhem. Much … Keep Reading
Longread: The blood-curdling battle account of a British paratrooper
Major Stanley C. Panter was one of the British paratroopers who fought at the Rhine Bridge during the Battle of Arnhem. After … Keep Reading
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General Stanislaw Sosabowski: a troublemaker who was right about Market Garden
Difficult, stubborn, unmanageable, passionate. Polish General Stanislaw Sosabowski was it all. But he is not responsible for the defeat at Arnhem, as … Keep Reading
Kate ter Horst: the angel of Arnhem
She didn’t like the title herself, but Kate ter Horst was ‘the angel of Arnhem’ for the English soldiers. During the Battle … Keep Reading
Roy Urquhart: airborne general without a parachute
When Major General Roy Uquhart was told in January 1944 that he was nominated as the new commander of the 1st British … Keep Reading