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
Colonel Frost is on his own at the bridge
The early morning of Monday, September 18. That was the last moment when it was quiet for the British at the Rhine … Keep Reading
The ground troops liberate Eindhoven and advance north, but with more than 24 hours’ delay
The leading ground troops of XXX Corps, led by British General Horrocks, had not advanced beyond Valkenswaard on Sunday, September 17. The … 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: 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
PHOTOS: the battle at the bridge through German eyes
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
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
Main characters View all
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
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
Jacob Groenewoud: the only Dutch soldier who died during the Battle of Arnhem
One Dutch soldier was involved during the Battle of Arnhem. Captain Jacob “Jaap” Groenewoud was added as a liaison officer to the … Keep Reading