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
Start of Market Garden View all
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
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
The 4th Parachute Brigade will be on its way to Arnhem on Monday, September 18
Now that the entire 1st British Airborne Division had finally landed on Monday, September 18, all troops on and around the landing … Keep Reading
British at the bridge destroy Viktor Gräbner’s SS Armored Column
A Dutch garbage collector who unsuspectingly made his rounds near the Rhine bridge on the early morning of Monday, September 18, 1944, … Keep Reading
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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
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
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
Longreads
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
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
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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
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
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