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Upload14 Jun 2026A 6-pdr anti-tank gun of No. 26 Anti-Tank Platoon, 1st Border Regiment, 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem, 20 September 1944. The gun was at this moment engaging a German PzKpfw B2 (f) tank, and successfully knocked it out.
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Upload14 Jun 2026British paratroops being marched away by their German captors. Some 6,400 of the 10,000 British paratroops who landed at Arnhem were taken prisoner, a further 1,100 had been killed.
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Upload14 Jun 2026IWM caption : OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1944. An aerial view of a C-47 Dakota as it tows off a CG-4A Waco glider from a British airfield en route for Holland.
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Upload14 Jun 2026British Paratroops of 1st (British) Airborne Division give the 'V'-sign and "thumbs up" inside one of the C-47 transport aircraft.
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Upload14 Jun 2026British troops of the 1st Airborne Division emplaning
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Upload14 Jun 2026Brug kapotgeschoten tijdens Slag om Arnhem , september 1944. Collectie: Spaarnestad Photo Fotograaf: J.Th.A. v.d. Wal / Spaarnestad Datum: 09-1944 Fotonummer SFA003012906 Code: 1700-1 Voor meer informatie en foto's uit deze en andere collecties bezoek: www.spaarnestadphoto.nl
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Upload14 Jun 2026THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45 The grave of a British airborne soldier killed during the battle of Arnhem in September 1944, photographed by liberating forces on 15 April 1945. On the cross is written in German „unknown English soldier“.
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![Collectie / Archief: Fotocollectie Spaarnestad Onderwerpen Reportage / Serie: Arnhem, Slag bij - Sept. 1944 (inclusief de uiteindelijke inname April 1945) Beschrijving: British paratroops fill a C-46 transport plane to land with the First Allied Airborne Army on enemy-held Holland. Annotatie: Volgens IWM beschrijving een C-47 [K 7570] Datum: 1944-09-17 Trefwoorden: oorlogen, oorlog Fotograaf: War Office Auteursrechthebbende: Publiek Domein Materiaalsoort: Foto (zwart/wit) Nummer toegang: 7.000SPAond Inventarisnummer: 24023 Bestanddeelnummer: 24023_100](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/21b746e1-f227-4b3d-adfb-6147b2fb0051/sm.avif)
Upload14 Jun 2026Collectie / Archief: Fotocollectie Spaarnestad Onderwerpen Reportage / Serie: Arnhem, Slag bij - Sept. 1944 (inclusief de uiteindelijke inname April 1945) Beschrijving: British paratroops fill a C-46 transport plane to land with the First Allied Airborne Army on enemy-held Holland. Annotatie: Volgens IWM beschrijving een C-47 [K 7570] Datum: 1944-09-17 Trefwoorden: oorlogen, oorlog Fotograaf: War Office Auteursrechthebbende: Publiek Domein Materiaalsoort: Foto (zwart/wit) Nummer toegang: 7.000SPAond Inventarisnummer: 24023 Bestanddeelnummer: 24023_100
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Upload14 Jun 2026Branden op de Ginkelse Heide bij Ede tijdens de luchtlandingen op 18 september 1944. Let op de eenzame glider die richting Wolfheze daalt.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Men of HQ Troop of 1st Airlanding Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron at Wolfheze on the outskirts of Arnhem, 18 September 1944. The man on the left is manning a PIAT .
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Upload14 Jun 2026Airspeed Horsas Arnhem 1944 2
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Upload14 Jun 2026A fleet of Allied aircraft flies overhead as paratroopers of the Allied Airborne Command float groundward in the invasion of the Netherlands, still another step towards the liberation of Europe. September 17, 1944. Tischler, Air Transport Command. (Army) NARA FILE #: 111-SC-210047 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1065
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Upload14 Jun 2026A member of the PAN (Partisan Action Netherlands) guides British troops to German positions near Valkenswaard, 25 September 1944. A member of the PAN (Partisan Action Netherland) helps British troops 'winkle out' stray Germans, near Valkenswaard, 25 September 1944.
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Upload14 Jun 2026General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1065 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.
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Upload14 Jun 2026A Vickers machine-gun team of 5th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 59th (Staffordshire) Division in position in a field of corn at Someren in Holland, 21 September 1944. A Vickers machine-gun team of 7th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 59th (Staffordshire) Division in position in a field of corn at Someren in Holland, 21 September 1944.
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Upload14 Jun 2026A carrier crew of 8th Rifle Brigade hands out chocolate to Dutch civilians during the advance of 11th Armoured Division in Holland, 22 September 1944. A carrier crew of 8th Rifle Brigade hands out chocolate to Dutch civilians during the advance of 11th Armoured Division in Holland, 22 September 1944.
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Upload14 Jun 2026American C-47 aircraft flying over Gheel in Belgium on their way to Holland for Operation 'Market-Garden' , 17 September 1944. American C-47 aircraft flying over Gheel in Belgium on their way to Holland for Operation 'Market-Garden' , 17 September 1944.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Brig. Gen. Anthony C. Mcauliffe, artillery commander of the 101st Airborne Division, gives his various glider pilots last-minute instructions in England on Sept. 18, 1944, before the take-off on D-Day plus 1.
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Upload14 Jun 2026A convoy of Allied lorries under enemy artillery and mortar fire on the road between Son and Eindhoven, Holland, 20 September 1944. In the foreground American paratroopers shelter in a ditch. A convoy of lorries under enemy artillery and mortar fire on the road between Son and Eindhoven, 20 September 1944. In the foreground American paratroopers shelter in a ditch.
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![Location: The Castle district of Buda, on St. George Square, near the Royal Castle . The photo shows the façade of the Palace of Archduke Joseph August of Austria (earlier Palace of the Counts Teleki). The Palace does not exist any more, as it was severely damaged during the siege of 1944, and completely demolished in the 1960s. Date and time: On 15 or 16 October 1944, when the Arrow Cross Party seized power. Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503. Only Tiger II unit to go to Budapest [ 1 ]](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/bc89291b-a3fe-4dd0-8164-feb90b1760e7/sm.avif)
Upload14 Jun 2026Location: The Castle district of Buda, on St. George Square, near the Royal Castle . The photo shows the façade of the Palace of Archduke Joseph August of Austria (earlier Palace of the Counts Teleki). The Palace does not exist any more, as it was severely damaged during the siege of 1944, and completely demolished in the 1960s. Date and time: On 15 or 16 October 1944, when the Arrow Cross Party seized power. Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503. Only Tiger II unit to go to Budapest [ 1 ]
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Upload14 Jun 2026Ungarn, Budapest.- "Unternehmen Panzerfaust". Panzer VI "Tiger II" (Königstiger) beim Durchbrechen einer Straßensperre zwischen zwei Gebäuden; PK Eins Kp Lw zbV — Budapest — Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503. Only Tiger II unit to go to Budapest<ref>Schneider, Tigers in Combat I, map of area of operations </ref>
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Upload14 Jun 2026Information added by Wikimedia users. Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503. Only Tiger II unit to go to Budapest [ 1 ]
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