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Operation Market Garden Tribute Video,Arnhem,1944

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Operation Market GardenDuring Operation Market Garden over thirty thousand British and American airborne troops were flown behind enemy lines with the intention of capturing the bridges on the border between Holland and Germany. The video below, has been produced as as a Tribute to the Armed Forces and Civillians who lost their lives at Operation Market Garden, and includes photographs taken during Operation Market Garden, in and around  Arnhem during September 1944. Additional information including contemporary documents, photographs, battle plans, reports and war diaries from the Museum of Army Fling in Middle Wallop is available on downloadable CD-ROM in the World War II Aviation History section.

 
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