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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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PHOTOS: the battle in Oosterbeek on Monday September 25

in Oosterbeek/Photos/September 25

Because the battle against the British Airborne Division resulted in a victory for the German army, the Germans had sent many Kriegsberichter to Oosterbeek to portray the Battle of Arnhem. The photos they took were to convince the inhabitants of the German Reich that Germany was far from defeated. Of all the German photographers who…

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Kate ter Horst: the angel of Arnhem

in Main characters/Oosterbeek
The heavily damaged rectory after the Battle of Arnhem. Inset: Kate ter Horst with her eldest daughter.

She didn’t like the title herself, but Kate ter Horst was ‘the angel of Arnhem’ for the English soldiers. During the Battle of Arnhem, the 38-year-old mother cared for hundreds of wounded soldiers in the dressing station that was set up at her home in Oosterbeek. Kate ter Horst came to live with her husband…

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Field marshal Walter Model flees head over heels from Oosterbeek

in General information/Oosterbeek
German Field Marshal Walter Model in August 1944. (Photo: Bundesarchiv.)

It was a complete coincidence, but one of the highest German military commanders on the Western Front had its headquarters just a few miles from the British landing zones. German Field Marshal Walter Model led Army Group B, and was responsible for all German troops between the North Sea and Northern France. A few days…

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The death of Generalmajor Friedrich Kussin

in General information/Oosterbeek

One general was killed during the fighting in Arnhem and the surrounding area. This was the German Generalmajor Friedrich Kussin. General Kussin was the Stadtkommandant of Arnhem. In that role he was responsible for the regular German troops in Arnhem. Kussin drove shortly after the British paratroopers landed on Utrechtseweg near Wolfheze on Sunday September…

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Graeme Warrack: the story of an escape

in Main characters/Oosterbeek

One of the last British officers to escape from captivity after the Battle of Arnhem is Scottish Colonel Graeme Warrack. Warrack headed the medical department of the British paratroopers in Oosterbeek. In February 1945 he managed to reach the Allied lines via the Biesbosch in the west of the Netherlansds with the help of Dutch…

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Victoria Cross: Robert Cain

in General information/Oosterbeek
Major Robert Cain after receiving the Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace.

Major Robert Cain was one of five British soldiers to earn a Victoria Cross during the Battle of Arnhem – the highest British military award. Of these five soldiers, Robert Cain is the only one who survived the Battle of Arnhem. Major Cain and the South Staffords landed on Ginkel Heath on Monday, September 18,…

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Victoria Cross: Lionel Queripel

After the Battle of Arnhem, five Victoria Crosses were distributed for bravery. The Victoria Cross is the highest British military

Victoria Cross: John Baskeyfield

Lance Sergeant Baskeyfield landed on Monday, September 18, the second day of Operation Market Garden, together with the support company

Victoria Cross: David Lord

Lieutenant David Lord was one of five British soldiers to earn a Victoria Cross during the Battle of Arnhem: the

Victoria Cross: Lionel Queripel

in General information/Oosterbeek/September 19
Captain Lionel Queripel.

After the Battle of Arnhem, five Victoria Crosses were distributed for bravery. The Victoria Cross is the highest British military award. In February 1945, a Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded to Captain Lionel Queripel. Lionel Queripel was commander of A-Company of the 10th Battalion, which was part of the 4th Parachute Brigade, during the Battle…

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Victoria Cross: John Baskeyfield

Lance Sergeant Baskeyfield landed on Monday, September 18, the second day of Operation Market Garden, together with the support company

Victoria Cross: David Lord

Lieutenant David Lord was one of five British soldiers to earn a Victoria Cross during the Battle of Arnhem: the

Victoria Cross: John Baskeyfield

in General information/Oosterbeek/September 20
John Baskeyfield.

Lance Sergeant Baskeyfield landed on Monday, September 18, the second day of Operation Market Garden, together with the support company of the 2nd Staff of the South Staffords. On Tuesday morning, September 19, the South Staffords, along with three other British battalions, had made an ultimate attempt to reach the Rhine Bridge via the Bovenover…

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Victoria Cross: Lionel Queripel

After the Battle of Arnhem, five Victoria Crosses were distributed for bravery. The Victoria Cross is the highest British military

Victoria Cross: David Lord

Lieutenant David Lord was one of five British soldiers to earn a Victoria Cross during the Battle of Arnhem: the

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