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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Airborne division without commander
While his troops were engaged in fierce battles with the Germans, General Roy Urquhart, the commander of the 1st British Airborne Division, … Keep Reading
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
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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PHOTOS: Germans expel the British from Utrechtseweg
On the morning of Tuesday, September 19, 1944, two German Propaganda Kompanie Kriegsberichter arrive in Arnhem: Wenzel and Jacobsen. The war correspondents … Keep Reading
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
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 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
Wilhelm Bittrich: the “chivalrous” SS General
SS General Wilhelm Bittrich, Willi for friends, was the general who led the 9th and 10th SS Armored Division who were stationed … Keep Reading