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
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Video: Airborne commander in the attic
It is an inconspicuous house in an inconspicuous street on the west side of Arnhem. But this is a house with a … Keep Reading
PHOTOS: An English patrol in the city center of Arnhem
An English patrol in the city center of Arnhem. That was still possible in the morning of Monday, September 18. The Germans … Keep Reading
September 18: the British advance stalls on the western side of Arnhem, 2 kilometers from the bridge
Of the three British battalions that marched on Arnhem on Sunday, September 17, only the 2nd Battalion under John Frost had managed … Keep Reading
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VIDEO: This is what the area around the Rhine Bridge looked like in 1944
The bridge at Arnhem was the main objective of Operation Market Garden. The immediate vicinity of the Rhine Bridge was destroyed during … Keep Reading
PHOTOS: Germans take hundreds of British prisoners of war
Tuesday, September 19, was a dramatic day for the British. At the Gemeentemuseum and via Amsterdamseweg near Oosterbeek, the paratroopers had tried … 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
Longreads
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 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 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 Boy Browning: the wrong man in the wrong place
British General Frederick “Boy” Browning was a man who undeniably had many qualities. Before and during Operation Market Garden, however, it was … Keep Reading
Walter Harzer: the German commander who eventually defeated the British
When speaking of the German commanders responsible for the Allied defeat at Arnhem, it often refers to Field Marshal Walter Model and … Keep Reading
John Frost: the face of the Battle of Arnhem
Lieutenant Colonel John Frost is the face of the Battle of Arnhem. Frost led the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Parachute Brigade … Keep Reading