Award Military Medal L/Cpl. Orville Theodor Camphaug, No. 12 Canadian Provost Company (L12647) At the time this unit was stationed in the...
Personal Number: 299463 Army Number: 2738509 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Geoffrey Ralph MERTON, MC Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 30...
Personal Number: 124532 Rank: Second Lieutenant Name: Henry Ferdinand STANLEY, MC Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 2 April 1940...
Can anyone confirm whether British Sappers (11th Field Company Royal Engineers) crossed the Waal with the 504th paratroopers of the US 82nd on 20...
From the perspective of the Royal Engineers, who were right at head of the column during the breakout, this is the story of the Guards Armoured...
Cartoon map of 82nd assault on Nijmegen bridge as drawn by the 942nd Aviation Engineer Topo BN
An interesting blog about the crossing in 1944 of US paratroopers over the river Waal in Nijmegen. (not Maas ..oeps) "remember" ( ;) )...
This is recognisable and is a postcard with nothing written on the back except the photographer or printer info, which is Uitgave Diebels’...
Nijmegen bridge, 1944
Object description: Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards crossing the bridge at Nijmegen, 21 September 1944. Catalogue number: B 10172 Part of: WAR...
The role of Captain Lord Carrington After the Waal Crossing by the Americans on 20 September, Captain Lord Carrington joined Sergeant Robinson's...
Please note that owing to tight binding some of the words in the margins cannot be read, and therefore whole words or some letters have been...
Last Wednesday on the way down from Harlingen to Breskens we took the longer scenic route so I could say I'd driven across these two famous...
I learnt today that my grandmother's brother was in the airforce (or similar at least?) in WW2. We have some kind of small plaque we believe has...
Was watching "A bridge too far" recently and was puzzled by a remark that General Gavin supposedly said to his Dutch aide in a scene. He was...
On my forthcoming Arnhem Battlefield Tour I plan to spend a couple of hours in the centre of Nijmegen on the Friday afternoon, on the way from...
While doing some War Diary research at TNA this week I came across these excellent photos of Nijmegen Bridge, taken on 6th November 1944. The...
This is an early photo of the Nijmegen bridge. It was taken in the late 1920's. The two small boys on the handrails are the van Empel brothers....
What kind special forces did the Germans have and how effective were they?
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