The evacuation of Arnhem (Dutch: evacuatie van Arnhem) was the departure, forcibly conducted by the German Wehrmacht, of tens of thousands of inhabitants...
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adventures of the officers of the 250 Company of the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Evacuation of Arnhem, the evacuation of civilians...
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Arnhem (Dutch: [ˈɑrnɛm] or [ˈɑr(ə)nɦɛm] ; German: Arnheim [ˈaʁnhaɪm] ; Ernems: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands...
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Operation Pegasus (category Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
The success of the first evacuation prompted the Allies to organize Operation Pegasus II to evacuate additional soldiers trapped near Arnhem. Unfortunately...
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org/arnhem/war_23rce.htm Retrieved 7 April 2020. A Bridge Too Far: The Canadian Role in the Evacuation of the British 1st Airborne Division From Arnhem-Oosterbeek...
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John Frost Bridge (redirect from Arnhem road bridge)
the road bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem, in the Netherlands. The bridge was inaugurated after the end of World War II, and is named after Major-General...
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Albert Nijenhuis (category Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)
the gymnasium in Arnhem were interrupted by the evacuation of Arnhem by the Nazis after the failure of Operation Market Garden by the Allies. He continued...
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Operation Market Garden (category History of Arnhem)
salient but failed to retake any of the allied gains. Arnhem was finally captured by the Allies in April 1945, towards the end of the war. Highway 69 (later...
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'perimeter' at Oosterbeek in the night to the 26th Commencement of the evacuation of Arnhem 3 Oct: The RAF breaches the Westkappelse Zeedijk [nl]. In Eindhoven...
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Robert Henry Cain (category British Army personnel of World War II)
Battalion, part of the British 1st Airborne Division. He saw action during the Allied Invasion of Sicily in 1943 and again during the Battle of Arnhem the following...
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David Dobie (category Knights Fourth Class of the Military Order of William)
role in the Battle of Arnhem (Operation Market Garden); he was the architect of Operation Pegasus I, which evacuated a large group of men trapped in German-occupied...
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1st Independent Parachute Brigade at Arnhem, 10 miles (16 km) north of Nijmegen. The Allied infantry units at Arnhem were surrounded by German forces, and...
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Jacob Staal (category Recipients of the Medal of Freedom)
conditions. When the 1st Airborne Division either surrendered or was evacuated from Arnhem, Staal's team had to arrange their own escape. This was done did...
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John Grayburn (category Burials at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery)
Regiment. At the age of 26 he went into action in the Battle of Arnhem where he was part of the small force that was able to reach Arnhem road bridge. Between...
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permission for Model to abandon the Arnhem bridgehead – the Allies for their part ordered the evacuation of the liberated part of The Island, because they expected...
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Marechaussee barracks in Arnhem and Oldenzaal. A few days later, an offshoot of the RARA exploded a bomb by the Ministry of Justice building in The Hague...
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1944 in the Netherlands (category Years of the 20th century in the Netherlands)
'perimeter' at Oosterbeek in the night to the 26th Commencement of the evacuation of Arnhem 3 Oct: The RAF breaches the Westkappelse Zeedijk [nl]. In Eindhoven...
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David Lord (RAF officer) (category Burials at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery)
Battle of Arnhem while flying resupply missions in support of British paratroops. David Lord was born on 18 October 1913 in Cork, Ireland, one of three...
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on the second day of the Battle of Arnhem and unable to reach their assigned objective, it was gradually destroyed over two days of fighting. The surviving...
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1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) (category Airborne divisions of the United Kingdom)
evacuated. The remnants of the 1st Airborne Division returned to England soon after. The division never fully recovered from their losses at Arnhem and...
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Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) (category Airborne units and formations of the United Kingdom)
of the Victoria Cross to the Parachute Regiment in the war were for the Battle of Arnhem. The two recipients were Captain John Hollington Grayburn of...
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Stanisław Sosabowski (category Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta)
the Polish Campaign of 1939 and at the Battle of Arnhem (Netherlands), as a part of Operation Market Garden, in 1944 as commander of the Polish 1st Independent...
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Operation Berlin may refer to: Operation Berlin (Arnhem), a Second World War evacuation operation in the Netherlands Operation Berlin (Atlantic), a Second...
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181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance (category Airborne units of the Royal Army Medical Corps)
Arnhem, to take over the municipal hospital. The reserve section was under control of division and was on standby to open an Air Casualty Evacuation Centre...
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John Baskeyfield (category British World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross)
subsequent Battle of Arnhem. While defending the Oosterbeek perimeter three days into the battle, Baskeyfield commanded a pair of anti-tank guns that...
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it started a casualty evacuation service from France back to England. In September 1944, it was involved in operations at Arnhem where the squadron suffered...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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left of the division south of the Rhine. The remnants of the battalion were evacuated over the night of 25/26 September. During the battle of Arnhem the...
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The Battle of Arnhem (30 November 1813) saw Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow's Prussian corps fight an Imperial French division under Henri François...
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