The fiercest resistance met them at Arnhem, where 800 men under Lt. Col. John Frost defended the northern end of the bridge against two SS Panzer divisions. With dwindling supplies, ...

"I think we may be going a bridge too far." Lt Gen Frederick Browning to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the battle for the bridge at Arnhem – of such ...

Arnhem's mayor, Rene Verhulst, called the heath near Arnhem a place "where 80 years ago courage, sacrifice and hope came together in the shape of the airborne landings during Operation Market Garden." ...

Paras fill skies over Arnhem in moving tribute to WW2 heroes ... the failure to secure a final bridge at Arnhem was the result of stronger-than-anticipated German resistance, ...

Local mayor Rene Verhulst called the heath near Arnhem a place “where 80 years ago courage, sacrifice and hope came together in the shape of the airborne landings during Operation Market Garden.

The Dutch towns of Eindhoven and Nijmegen were successfully liberated, but the key objective – the bridge at Arnhem – remained in Nazi hands, despite the heroics of the British paratroopers ...

Armored divisions of Britain’s XXX Corps would race 64 miles up a two-lane road and across the bridges, reaching Arnhem in 48 hours. The war could be over by Christmas. It nearly worked.

Paratroopers land in Arnhem honoring Operation Market Garden 09/21/2024 September 21, 2024. Hundreds of NATO paratroopers dropped near Arnhem in the Netherlands, commemorating 80 years since one ...