September 24: A ceasefire in Oosterbeek to remove the wounded
The British also held out in Oosterbeek on Sunday, September 24. But the price the British paid for this was unprecedentedly high. As a result of the fighting and mortar shelling, approximately 200 British soldiers were killed every day and an estimated 400 soldiers were injured. The wounded could go to the nine emergency hospitals…
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