WW2 veteran and an early figurehead of the United Nations Lt.Col (ret.) Sir Brian Urquhart has died aged 101. Urquhart is also known for his role in the planning stages of Operation Market Garden during his time in military intelligence. His warnings about the operation being impossible were...
An USAAF C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burns after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther in a field near Geel in Belgium.
right to left - British cameramen sergeants CS Lewis (CM Lewis) and George. Walker (G. Walker) and a military photographer Sgt Dennis Smith (Dennis M. Smith) in the Dutch city of Arnhem (market garden)
During Nov./Dec 2002, my son David & I travelled to The Netherlands to visit some of the 'Operation Market Garden' sites.
This is the view from the 25-pounder gun platform memorial, from where the airborne 6-pounder was firing blind from between the houses that were here at the time of the...
During Nov./Dec 2002, my son David & I travelled to The Netherlands to visit some of the 'Operation Market Garden' sites.
This is Airborne Plein in Arnhem, which commemorates the battles here and situated at the north end of Arnhem Bridge, between the on and off ramps. The pillar was part...
During Nov./Dec 2002, my son David & I travelled to The Netherlands to visit some of the 'Operation Market Garden' sites, especially Arnhem Bridge.
Ever since I was a young boy, I have had an interest in the Arnhem battles and to finally stand on the bridge, on and around which these brave...
During Nov./Dec 2002, my son David & I travelled to The Netherlands to visit some of the 'Operation Market Garden' sites.
This 25-pounder gun is situated in about the same position near to Arnhem bridge as an airborne 6-pounder firing blind from between houses that were here, at enemy...
During Nov./Dec 2002, my son David & I travelled to The Netherlands to visit some of the 'Operation Market Garden' sites. This massive Ysselstein German War Graves Cemetery is situated in the south-east of Holland and contains all German casualties from all over the country.
During Nov./Dec 2002, my son David & I travelled to The Netherlands to visit some of the 'Operation Market Garden' sites. We came across Jonkerbos cemetery by accident, whilst travelling through Nijmegen to go and meet up with a friend, who lives south of the city. This shows David amongst...
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