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The day after the battle: hundreds of British wounded are taken away

in Oosterbeek/september 26
Hotel de Tafelberg after the Battle of Arnhem, with a British mass grave in the front garden. Table Mountain served as an emergency hospital for the British during the fighting.

Now that the Battle of Arnhem had ended on Tuesday, September 26, there was finally an opportunity to evacuate all the wounded from Oosterbeek. Two days earlier, on Sunday, September 24, Colonel Warrack, who headed the British medical department in Oosterbeek, had already agreed to a ceasefire with the German staff physician Major Skalka. During…

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The day after the battle: residents of Oosterbeek have to leave

in Oosterbeek/september 26
Bullet holes in asign in Oosterbeek.

Now that the British had left Oosterbeek on Tuesday, September 26, the Germans immediately took measures. All residents of Oosterbeek were ordered to leave their homes that same day. Just like a day earlier in Arnhem, the evacuation order was given. The Germans assumed that the fighting was far from over. With no civilians walking…

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From day to day

in Arnhem
Reporter Alan Wood of the Daily Express writes a report in the woods near Oosterbeek.

The day-by-day battle report forms the heart of this website. Below, and in the menu at the top of the site, you will find the pages about the course of the battle. After the battle After operation Market Garden ended in failure, the area on the north of the Lower Rhine was still occupied by…

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Epilogue

in Geen categorie
Air dropping during Market Garden.

After the Battle of Arnhem, there was only one person who thought Market Garden was a success. Montgomery stated that Operation Market Garden was a 90 percent success. After all, the Allies had managed to conquer 90 percent of the road to Arnhem. When Prince Bernhard heard this, he reportedly declared: “My country cannot afford…

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Escaped after the Battle of Arnhem, with the help of a teacher from Utrecht

in After the battle
British wounded are taken away during the Battle of Arnhem along the Utrechtseweg, near the Oranjestraat.

At the end of 1944, 26-year-old teacher Nel Stuij was closely involved in the escape of a number of wounded British soldiers who remained in occupied territory after the Battle of Arnhem. Just before her death in 2012, she wrote down her war memories.“We just did what had to be done.” “When we heard that…

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German divers attack the bridges in Nijmegen

in After the battle
The railway bridge (left) and the Waal bridge (right) at Nijmegen.

Operation Market Garden officially lasted until September 25, 1944. The battle ended with the withdrawal of the remnants of the British airborne division in Oosterbeek. But a few days later the final agreement of Market Garden was for the Germans. On the night of September 28 to 29, 1944, German divers managed to blow up…

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Operation Pegasus: the successful escape of 130 stranded British soldiers

in After the battle

After the British withdrew across the Rhine during the night of September 25 to 26, many paratroopers and air crews were still left behind on the north side of the river. Through a daring escape, 130 soldiers managed to return to the Allied lines a month later. The escape, called Operation Pegasus, is considered one…

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October 7, 1944: the bombing of the city center of Arnhem

in After the battle
Aerial photo of the city center of Arnhem by an RAF reconnaissance aircraft on November 4, 1944. (Photo: Gelders Archive.)

After operation Market Garden had ended, the fighting in Arnhem was still not completely over. On October 7, 1944, the Rhine Bridge in Arnhem, which had been fought over so hard, was destroyed by bombing. After the Battle of Arnhem was lost by the Allies at the end of September 1944, the British and American…

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6 months after Market Garden there was another Battle of Arnhem

in After the battle
Allied tanks on the Hommelseweg. The photo was probably taken on April 16 or 17, after the liberation of Arnhem.

The ground for the second Battle of Arnhem was laid while the Battle of Arnhem was still raging in full force in September 1944. On September 23, 1944, the German occupiers decided to evacuate the entire population of Arnhem. With the exception of some firefighters, police officers and Burgers’ zookeepers, all residents of Arnhem had…

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