"It's just unbelievable people are putting in so much effort to keep their memory alive, it's wonderful," Mr Grayburn said.
\This is the tragic story of the last bridge in the ill-fated Operation Market-Garden, and features rare newsreel footage of the Allied operation that was supposed to end World War Two in 1944.
If you are a student of history, you will recognize the title of this missive. If you are not, let me explain. After the successful landings in Normandy the Allies began pushing through the hedgerows ...
Follow the fortunes of the British at Arnhem as they desperately attempt to hold out for the advancing forces during Operation Market-Garden.
"First published in Great Britain as Arnhem : the Battle for the Bridges, 1944"--Title page verso. NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents The chase is on! -- ...
Paratroops drop from Dakota aircraft over the outskirts of Arnhem, September 17, 1944. (Credit: Imperial War Museum.) Listen September 26, 1944. In an Arnhem hospital, Father Danny McGowan decides to ...
GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands — Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Market ...
Belfast-born Brian Desmond Hurst’s war film output is not as widely celebrated across the UK as some of his UK contemporaries such as David Lean and Michael Powell. Admittedly, his Christmas classic ...