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EasyCompany506t
Original footage of the 101st Airborne Division dropping into The Netherlands for Operation Market Garden, which began on Sep 17, 1944, and was a collaboration of the Allied Powers to
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Ben Philip
BenPhilip_
Incredibly sad to report the news that Battle of Arnhem veteran, Sandy Cortmann passed away earlier this evening at his care home in Aberdeen. The 97-year-old has spent the last
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Mike Bechthold
mike_bechthold
My hackles have been raised by Max Hastings' review of Anthony Beevor's #Arnhem book. What an obtuse, self-serving, and pompous review. The @nybooks should be embarrassed to publish this kind
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Jonathan
3468marsh
#Arnhem76 Day 6. Friday 22nd September 1944.Today we are looking at the south sector of the defensive perimeter based (circled in the map) around the Old Church in Oosterbeek on
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Jonathan
3468marsh
#Arnhem76Day 10 - The final hours.Tuesday 26th September 1944.Operation Berlin - the evacuation across the Rhine of the remnants of 1st Airborne Division ends with daybreak on this day 76
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Stephen Fisher
SeaSpitfires
#OTD 75 years ago, the Allies launched Operation Anger, the last truly combined operation of the NW Europe campaign. The next 3 days saw the final liberation of Arnhem by
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XVIII Airborne Corps
18airbornecorps
1 of 18:The #WWII #Canadian Loan ProgramAn Operation Market Garden thread in 22 Tweets. #OMG 2 of 18:Many people know about the #American and #British forces committed to Operation Market
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Jonathan
3468marsh
There's quite a bit of Arnhem related activity on Twitter at the moment on the provenance of this photo. The following is a thread based on it. An alternative school
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Jonathan
3468marsh
#Arnhem76 Day Four. Wednesday 20th September 1944.Today we are looking at the story of the 4th Parachute Brigade commanded by Brigadier Shan Hackett. The Brigade, as we saw on Friday,
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TheParachuteRegiment
TheParachuteReg
Congratulations to the 26 Parachute Regiment Corporals who promoted to Sergeant today. A big, well deserved move now, to the WOs & Sgts’ Mess, who uphold & protect the Regiment’s
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Henrik Paulsson
henrikrpaulsson
I don't get this talk about tanks being obsolete. All warfare comes down to bang bang and vroom vroom. IFVs? Not enough bang. Artillery? Not enough vroom. Tanks? Perfect balance
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RG Poulussen
rgpoulussen
(Market Garden thread.) In a message, dated 29 August 1944, Eisenhower wrote: "First Allied Airborne Army, in conjunction with the Northern Group of Armies, will plan and prepare for launching
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XVIII Airborne Corps
18airbornecorps
1 of 12:Friday, September 22, 1944D+5 The landing of the @82ndABNDiv’s 325 Glider Infantry Regiment, scheduled to land near Overasselt on Sep 19th, was postponed, for the fourth time, due
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Jonathan
3468marsh
#Arnhem76 Day 5. Thursday 21st September 1944.The 5th day and all resistance at the northern end of the Arnhem Road Bridge had ended. 1st Airborne Division have now gone on
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XVIII Airborne Corps
18airbornecorps
1 of 31:D-Day: Operation Market Garden 2 of 31: On 17 September 1944, with approval granted by General Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, OPERATION MARKET GARDEN
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XVIII Airborne Corps
18airbornecorps
1 of 30: The Polish Airborne in WWII 2 of 30:We’ve studied the incredible valor of our Polish Airborne brothers in Market Garden. Let’s take a closer look at the
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