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Operation 'Market - Garden' - a visit to the battle sites of 'A bridge too Far'
As Karl and I were in Holland for the Oostwold air show, there was no way we could leave without visiting Arnhem and Oosterbeek, places ingrained in every British 'Para'.
So on the day after the air show, we drove south 100 milles, where we'd arranged to meet-up again with Marcel, and also our Dutch para friend Sander (Kingscoy), at the Airborne Museum in the former Hartenstein Hotel, which was General Urquhart's Divisional HQ during the battle, and a scene of heavy fighting.
These first few pics show the road into Oosterbeek, and some of the exhibits in the Hartenstein, and further posts will show some of the notable areas around the Oosterbeek perimeter, before moving on to the Airborne Cemetery, and then the bridge itself.
PIC 1. In the first rain during our visit, we followed the signs from the motorway, leading us close to the DZ's and into Oosterbeek, 6 km from the city of Arnhem.
PIC 2. The road from the Renkum DZ, jut outside the outskirts of the town of Oosterbeek.
PIC 3. The Memorial Stone at the Hartenstein - just one of many memorials proving that the people have not forgotten the sacrifices made by the allied troops.
PIC 4. Col. Frost's Denison smock and Battledress tunic, with his famous hunting horn in the center, one of the exhibits inside the Hartenstein museum.
PICS 5 to 8. Some general shots of the exhibits inside the museum.
PIC 9. View from the front of the Hartenstein, over the Utrechtsweg, to the Airborne monument. This area to the front of the hotel was wooded during the war, and mainly devastated by shelling and mortar fire.
PIC 10. View from the rear entrance, looking over Hartenstein park. The whole area was dotted with trenches, and became a grim battlefield, with German snipers firing at anything that moved.
More to follow soon, with some pics of the excellent full-size dioramas in the basement, and the outside of the Hartenstein.
As Karl and I were in Holland for the Oostwold air show, there was no way we could leave without visiting Arnhem and Oosterbeek, places ingrained in every British 'Para'.
So on the day after the air show, we drove south 100 milles, where we'd arranged to meet-up again with Marcel, and also our Dutch para friend Sander (Kingscoy), at the Airborne Museum in the former Hartenstein Hotel, which was General Urquhart's Divisional HQ during the battle, and a scene of heavy fighting.
These first few pics show the road into Oosterbeek, and some of the exhibits in the Hartenstein, and further posts will show some of the notable areas around the Oosterbeek perimeter, before moving on to the Airborne Cemetery, and then the bridge itself.
PIC 1. In the first rain during our visit, we followed the signs from the motorway, leading us close to the DZ's and into Oosterbeek, 6 km from the city of Arnhem.
PIC 2. The road from the Renkum DZ, jut outside the outskirts of the town of Oosterbeek.
PIC 3. The Memorial Stone at the Hartenstein - just one of many memorials proving that the people have not forgotten the sacrifices made by the allied troops.
PIC 4. Col. Frost's Denison smock and Battledress tunic, with his famous hunting horn in the center, one of the exhibits inside the Hartenstein museum.
PICS 5 to 8. Some general shots of the exhibits inside the museum.
PIC 9. View from the front of the Hartenstein, over the Utrechtsweg, to the Airborne monument. This area to the front of the hotel was wooded during the war, and mainly devastated by shelling and mortar fire.
PIC 10. View from the rear entrance, looking over Hartenstein park. The whole area was dotted with trenches, and became a grim battlefield, with German snipers firing at anything that moved.
More to follow soon, with some pics of the excellent full-size dioramas in the basement, and the outside of the Hartenstein.