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World War Two Parachutist Recalls War Journey, the Good and the Bad

World War II veteran Ted Shea recalls the date of September 17, 1944.  He even remembers the time – 11 a.m. on a bright, sunny…

Family fined for taking term-time trip to Battle of Arnhem site

Battle of Arnhem

A family from Blackpool in England is being fined by local authorities after taking their 13 year old son out of school during term time…

IN MY FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS – Review by Mark Barnes

IN MY FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS

Events in Normandy and the disaster at Arnhem tend to have a superficial effect of diverting attention away from the overall campaign of 21st Army…

A STREET IN ARNHEM – The Agony of Occupation and Liberation – Review by Mark Barnes

Like a lot of people my exposure to the epic of Arnhem began with Cornelius Ryan in 1974 and I still have my original copy…

10 You Should Know About The End Of WWII in the Netherlands

end of WWII in Netherlands

After being invaded by the Germans on May 10th 1940 and the surrender on May 15th 1940 the Netherlands faced 4 grim years of occupation.…

Legion d’Honneur awarded to two Dorset World War Two veterans

A 98 year old veteran of World War Two has been honoured with the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest military honour. The veteran Sergeant Robert Rigler…

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE – Review by Mark Barnes

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

If there is anyone in your life whose story you cherish then getting them to write it down or record it is one of those…

British World War Two veterans returned to Arnhem for commemorations

Arnhem

[Via] London taxi drivers, or ‘cabbies’ as they are known, have joined together to organise a trip to Arnhem in the Netherlands for a group…

FREELY I SERVED – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Autobiographies have many purposes. They allow us a window into the lives of the great and the good where we learn how it was to…

WITH THE RED DEVILS AT ARNHEM – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

WITH THE RED DEVILS AT ARNHEM Personal Experiences with the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade 1944 By Marek Swiecicki Translated from Polish by HC Stevens Additional…

Arnhem & Market Garden Battlefield tour report – By Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

By Mark Barnes for War History Online Want to take this tour too? Visit the Hells Highway Tours website! Arnhem: You can’t help yourself; you…

Operation Market Garden – Daily Situation Report – September 25th, 1944

Joris Nieuwint

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Arnhem All day preparations are made…