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On Sept. 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden began, a military undertaking that consisted of two main parts. The first was dropping three airborne divisions to seize control of roads between the ...
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany ...
Men of the 508th PIR during Operation Market Garden, 17 September 1944. After their success in Normandy, the 508th PIR returned to its billet at Wollaton Park and prepared for its part in Operation Market Garden, jumping on 17 September 1944. The regiment established and maintained a defensive position over 12,000 yards (11,000 m) in length ...
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Operation Market Garden commenced at 14:00H on Sunday 17 September 1944, with the artillery preparation by 350 guns at 14:35. [36] It was to be the most ambitious ground offensive operation by the British Army in the war so far. It was beset by problems.
The King has said the “heroism and sacrifice made by so many in the pursuit of peace” will never be forgotten as the 80th anniversary of a famous Second World War operation was commemorated.
261st (Airborne) Field Park Company, Lieutenant William H. Skinner; Royal Army Service Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel M. St. John Packe 250th (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Major D.G. Clarke; Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel G.A. Mobbs 1st (Airborne) Divisional Field Park, Major Cecil Cyril Chidgey; Royal Electrical and Mechanical ...
World War II expert Arie-Jan van Hees, a local resident and retired member of the Dutch military, provides guided tours of the cemetery. He and his family adopted a soldier's gravesite in 2005.