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Dutch City Nijmegen dedicates De Oversteek Bridge to WWII soldiers

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Names of the 48 fallen WWII paratroopers are placed on the 48 pairs lampposts of the De Oversteek…

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…

Operation Market Garden – Daily Situation Report – September 24th, 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 In a final attempt to…

Operation Market Garden – Daily Situation Report – September 23th, 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 The Airbornes are hard pressed around…

Operation Market Garden – Daily Situation Report – September 22nd, 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 Two troops of the 2nd…

Operation Market Garden – Daily Situation Report – September 21st, 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. Nijmegen The final assault on Arnhem…

Operation Market Garden – Daily Situation Report – September 20th, 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. Nijmegen At Nijmegen the combined…

Operation Market Garden – September 19th, 1944 – Daily Situation Report

Joris Nieuwint

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Eindhoven The ground forces have repaired…

Operation Market Garden – Daily SitRep – September 18th, 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. Eindhoven Eindhoven is liberated by the 506…

Operation Market Garden – Situation Report: September 17th, 1944

Joris Nieuwint

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Eindhoven At Veghel the 501st PIR was dropped on two drop zones to…

The Final Push, the fight to liberate the Netherlands – March 30th 1945

The story continues on our series following the liberation of the Netherlands in the final months of WW2 and the thoughts and diary on a…

The Final Push, the fight to liberate the Netherlands – March 28th 1945

The story continues on our series following the liberation of the Netherlands in the final months of WW2 and the thoughts and diary of a…