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
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
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
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
Photos View all
PHOTOS: A photo shoot of some British POW
The photo above this article is world famous. The photo can be found in many books about the Battle of Arnhem and … Keep Reading
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
Animation operation Market Garden, Arnhem area
Animation of the fights in the Arnhem area during operation Market Garden from sunday september 17 1944 till thursday september 21 1944. … 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 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 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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Graeme Warrack: the story of an escape
One of the last British officers to escape from captivity after the Battle of Arnhem is Scottish Colonel Graeme Warrack. Warrack headed … Keep Reading
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
Walter Harzer: the German commander who eventually defeated the British
When speaking of the German commanders responsible for the Allied defeat at Arnhem, it often refers to Field Marshal Walter Model and … Keep Reading