Battle of Arnhem — Market Garden, September 1944

Collectie / Archief: Fotocollectie Spaarnestad Onderwerpen Reportage / Serie: Arnhem, Slag bij - Sept. 1944 (inclusief de uiteindelijke inname April 1945) Beschrijving: First two gliders at Arnhem 17-9-1944 Annotatie: Beschrijving IWM: HQ of 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery, unload a jeep and trailer from their Horsa glider at the landing zone near Wolfheze in Holland, during Operation 'Market Garden'; The first two gliders to touch down, their wing tips interlocked after colliding on landing. In the foreground are the Headquarters Artillery Group. Nearly all the vehicles of the 1st Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron (whose task it was to lead the race for the road and railway bridges) were lost on route as several gliders broke their tow ropes.[BU 1164] Datum: 1944-09-17 Trefwoorden: oorlog, oorlogen Fotograaf: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit / Smith, D.M. Auteursrechthebbende: © Imperial War Museum Materiaalsoort: Foto (zwart/wit) Nummer toegang: 7.000SPAond Inventarisnummer: 24023 Bestanddeelnummer: 24023_056

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A scout car and infantry fighting their way through Arnhem, 14 April 1945.

British troops walking through the devastated streets of Arnhem, 14 April 1945.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Troops clearing snipers in Arnhem, 14 April 1945.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Sherman Crab flail tanks in front of burning buildings in Arnhem, 14 April 1945.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A Buffalo of 79th Armoured Division on the banks of the River Ijssel at Arnhem, with the blown railway bridge in the background, 13 April 1945.

Operation 'market Garden' (the Battle For Arnhem)- 17 - 25 September 1944 75mm howitzer of 'D' Troop, 2nd Battery, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, 1st Airborne Division in the Oosterbeek perimeter, 20 September 1944.

The British Airborne Division at Arnhem and Oosterbeek in Holland Men from Nos. 15 & 16 Platoons, 'C' Company, 1st Battalion Border Regiment, waiting in roadside ditches along the Van Lennepweg to repulse an attack by the enemy, who were barely a hundred yards away, Oosterbeek, 21 September.

The British Airborne Division at Arnhem and Oosterbeek in Holland Men of the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment entering Oosterbeek along the Utrechtsweg on their way towards Arnhem, 18 September 1944.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A Sherman Crab flail tank in front of burning buildings in Arnhem, 14 April 1945.

The Second World War 1939 - 1945- the Allied Campaign in North-west Europe June 1944 - May 1945- the British Airborne Division at Arnhem and Oosterbeek in Holland Aerial view of the bridge over the Neder Rijn, Arnhem; British troops and armoured vehicles are visible at the north end of the bridge. Had General Montgomery's ambitious scheme for seizing the Rhine bridges succeeded the war in Europe might have been shortened by many months. In the event, however, back-up forces were unable to come up quickly enough to enable the advanced airborne troops to hold the strategically vital bridge at Arnhem.

Operation 'market Garden' (the Battle For Arnhem)- 17 - 25 September 1944 Arnhem 17 - 25 September 1944: The shattered hull of the building which served for two days as the Headquarters of the 1st (British) Airborne Division.

Holland, Arnheim, September 1944, 2 getarnte Flakpanzer IV "Möbelwagen" auf schmalem Weg — Arnheim

Niederlande, Arnheim.- Schützenpanzer Sd.Kfz. 250 im Einsatz; 2 KBK — Arnheim