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
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
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
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Video: Airborne commander in the attic
It is an inconspicuous house in an inconspicuous street on the west side of Arnhem. But this is a house with a … 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
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
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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 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
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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
General Boy Browning: the wrong man in the wrong place
British General Frederick “Boy” Browning was a man who undeniably had many qualities. Before and during Operation Market Garden, however, it was … 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