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#Arnhem76 Day 7. Saturday 23rd September 1944.The fighting in Oosterbeek continues but the defensive perimeter is now shrinking. The 7/KOSB still hold the line to the north but have fallen
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#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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#Arnhem76 Day 8 Sunday 24th September 1944.Today we are looking at the eastern flank of the Oosterbeek Perimeter (circled in purple) on the map. This section of the line was
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#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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#Arnhem76 Day One.Sunday 17th September 1944.A thread about 6 Platoon of B Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion. The 2nd Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Frost dropped on DZ X with
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#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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#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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