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German prisoners being searched by British troops, while Dutch civilians looking on Two British soldiers take prisoners in Heelsum The body of General Kussin. WARNING - not a pretty sight The body of General Kussin's driver The body of General Kussin's driver, who were killed by the 3rd Battalion on the 17th September

Men of Divisional Signals taking up defensive positions around DZ-X Sheriff Thompson (second left) helping to unload a damaged Horsa glider on LZ-Z Men of the 1st Battalion shelter in a bomb crater An aerial view of the Railway Bridge The Railway Bridge, which was blown by the Germans on Sunday 17th September

A man of the 1st Airlanding Brigade using a compact radio transmitter An Airborne man with a radio set Lieutenant-Colonel Loder-Symonds on Sunday 17th September Two local women holding a Dutch flag with passing airborne troops British soldiers share a brew with a civilian

A German WAAF captured on the first day Two German prisoners of war cutting wood for fuel Three German prisoners of war and a suspected collaborator A dressing station

Sunday 17th

 

 

Fires on DZ-Y, moments before the 4th Para Brigade jumped German infantry fires on the 4th Para Brigade as they drop German machine-gunners fire on paratroopers as they jump A paratrooper makes a bad landing A paratrooper killed on the drop zone

Second Lift - Monday 18th

 

 

The path along which B Company, 1st Border, withdrew from Renkum on Monday 18th September South Staffords marching along the Utrechtseweg, their packs loaded onto a handcart Men of the 2nd South Staffords moving along the Utrechtseweg on Monday 18th September A towed Anti-Tank gun, slowly advancing upon Arnhem with the South Staffords C Troop of the Recce Squadron, dug in around Wolfheze

Men of the Reconnaissance Squadron with Dutch civilians The 3rd Battalion advancing along the "Tiger" Route German infantry preparing to set a Horsa on fire A German soldier walking passed an abandoned Horsa A Horsa glider on fire

A Horsa glider on fire A surgical team of the 181 Field Ambulance in Wolfheze

Monday 18th

 

 

Soliders and armour of the Assault Gun Brigade 280 move into Arnhem German troops preparing to go into action near the Museum Dutch patients being led out of the St Elizabeth Hospital under a white flag Wreckage around the St Elizabeth Hospital Civilian medical services at work amidst the wreckage around the St Elizabeth Hospital

German infantry and a self-propelled gun near the Museum in Arnhem German troops around the area of the Museum German infantry supported by a self-propelled gun preparing to attack British positions in Arnhem on Tuesday 19th September Prisoners of the 2nd South Staffs being search by German soldiers Captured South Staffords

Men of the 2nd South Staffords being led away to captivity Captured 2nd South Staffords men being marched along the Utretchseweg, near the Museum in Arnhem, on Tuesday 19th September 2nd South Staffords being marched into captivity A 20mm self-propelled flak gun looking towards the fighting in Arnhem on Tuesday 19th 1st Para Brigade dead in Arnhem

1st Parachute Brigade prisoners being escorted through Arnhem on Tuesday 19th September British dead, either 1st or 10th Battalion, near a milestone, 6 km from Arnhem, alongside the Amsterdamseweg German infantry on the Dreijenseweg A 20mm cannon engages the 4th Para Brigade on the Driejenseweg A German STUG in action on the Weverstraat

British dead on the Dreijenseweg The remains of the Johannahoeve Farm A German flak position near one of the landing zones A Polish glider coming in to land on LZ-L The remains of a wrecked Horsa and its Jeep on LZ-L

German infantry approaching Wolfheze Polish paratroopers sitting on the runway beside their aircraft, waiting to take off Boiled potatoes being handed out to German soldiers during a lull

Tuesday 19th