Richard Attenborough’s epic recreation of the doomed Operation Market Garden – in which a lone German soldier walks across ...
Arnhem formed part of an operation codenamed Market Garden, an ambitious two-part operation whereby three airborne divisions ...
Operation Market Garden in 1944 ultimately ended in failure, with the loss of almost 15,000 Allied soldiers. Read more at ...
The bridge at Arnhem is now named after British Lieutenant Colonel John Frost who together with 600 men held it for four days ...
Local hero, John Grayburn VC, is to be commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) in a ceremony marking ...
But the Germans had launched five days of shelling and sniping on the soldiers that were holding up in Oosterbeek after having failed to reach the bridge Arnhem ... his parents, John and Annie ...
The Arnhem portion of the Liberation Route is best experienced by bicycle if you want to see the whole thing. The replacement John Frost Bridge is unremarkable. Photo: Depositphotos.com The 42 km ...
Two soldiers from Sussex who lost their lives in the Second World War have been honoured on the anniversary of a pivotal battle.
Two soldiers from Sussex who lost their lives in the Second World War have been honoured on the anniversary of a pivotal ...
Heroic twins from Cornwall who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country are being honoured for their bravery. Claude and ...
These dramatic scenes were highlights of the 1977 movie classic A Bridge Too Far ... building to building under gunfire ...
with dynamite-powered explosions and real tanks on the Wilhelmina Bridge in the Dutch city of Deventer, doubling for Arnhem. The real John Frost was one of several Arnhem veterans who stood on the ...