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Images Dated 20th August 2019 (page 3)

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Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Eusebius Church parachutists, Arnhem, Holland

Eusebius Church parachutists, Arnhem, Holland
The original church was built between 1452 and 1650. During German occupation most of the church bells were, as with many Dutch churches, taken away to be melted down for the German war effort

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: The Surrender Room, Hotel de Wereld, Wageningen

The Surrender Room, Hotel de Wereld, Wageningen
The old Hotel de Wereld was the scene of the German surrender to the Dutch. To the right of the entrance is a Commemorative Plaque recording that

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Airborne Forces Plaque, old St Elisabeths Hospital

Airborne Forces Plaque, old St Elisabeths Hospital
The image is that of the old hospital in the form that it was during the battle. In 2000 the building was converted into apartments

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 21st Independent Para Coy Memorial, Oosterbeek

21st Independent Para Coy Memorial, Oosterbeek
The 21st was commanded by Major B. A. B. Boy Wilson who, at the age of 45, was one of the oldest paras in the 1st AB Division

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 508th PIR, Devils in Baggy Pants, Memorial, Beek

508th PIR, Devils in Baggy Pants, Memorial, Beek
The Memorial was designed by H. J. Guse and was erected on 17 September 1981. It commemorates the liberation of Beek on 17 September 1944 by the 508th who were known as the Red Devils

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Heelsum Airborne Memorial, Market Garden, Holland

Heelsum Airborne Memorial, Market Garden, Holland
This originally simple Memorial erected by residents of Heelsum in 1945 has steadily become more professional over the years

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Incredible Patrol Plaque, Elst Town Hall, Holland

Incredible Patrol Plaque, Elst Town Hall, Holland
Following the failure of Operation Market Garden to establish a foothold across the Rhine at Arnhem, the front line effectively lay along the river itself

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Civilian War Victims Memorial, Doornenburg, Holland

Civilian War Victims Memorial, Doornenburg, Holland
This village remained in German hands until April 1945 when it was liberated on Easter Sunday. In October 1944 following Operation Market Garden, Doornenburg was repeatedly bombed by the Allies

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Memorial to C-47 Dakota 43-15180, Ochten, Holland

Memorial to C-47 Dakota 43-15180, Ochten, Holland
This Dakota, carrying men of 156th Parachute Battalion Machine Gun Platoon, was shot down by German ack ack on 18 September 1944, the second day of Operation Market Garden

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Zetten Liberation Monument, Holland

Zetten Liberation Monument, Holland
This impressive Monument, designed by G. Berns, was inaugurated on 24th September 1984. It takes the form of a symbolic dugout representing the many civilians

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 508th PIR Memorial, Sions Hof Hotel, Berg en Dal

508th PIR Memorial, Sions Hof Hotel, Berg en Dal
During Operation Market Garden in September 1944 this area was taken by the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US 82nd Airborne Division. The figure on the wall is a Memorial to that Division

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Memorial Chapel to St Mary of the Flowering Betuwe

Memorial Chapel to St Mary of the Flowering Betuwe
This Chapel was erected in 1946 in commemoration of heavy fighting that took place around this area in September-October 1944 following the Market Garden Operation

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 505th PIR and 1st Canadian Army Memorial

505th PIR and 1st Canadian Army Memorial
This double Memorial was erected by C.Hectors, A. van Grinsven and Father Thuring in Klein Amerika on 16 September 1990. The left hand tablet records that, With Europe in peril

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Operation Veritable Memorial, Groesbeek, Holland

Operation Veritable Memorial, Groesbeek, Holland
Shaped like an airborne canister, or the Tinman in the Wizard of Oz film, this metal Memorial records on the back that on 17/18 September 1944

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Memorial to British and Allied Forces, Jonkerbos

Memorial to British and Allied Forces, Jonkerbos
This simple column Memorial is in the Jonkerbos Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch (Childrens Wood)

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Jan van Hoof headstone, Dutch Wargraves Cemetery

Jan van Hoof headstone, Dutch Wargraves Cemetery
This is in the back right hand corner of a Cemetery of Honour which was laid out in 1971.The Dutch flag flies here and there is a plaque to The Fallen 1940-1945

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Dutch Border Battalions Memorial, Grave, Holland

Dutch Border Battalions Memorial, Grave, Holland
This bas-relief by Jan Kettering shows a soldier of the Border Battalions guarding the town of Grave. It was erected on 31 October 1964 and its caption is We went and came back after years

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 325th Glider, 504th PIR & Polish Para Memorial, Holland

325th Glider, 504th PIR & Polish Para Memorial, Holland
The dramatic rusting parachutes, designed by Leo Gerritsen and Henk van Hout, were erected on 17 September 1985. They commemorate the fact that these fields, designated landing area O

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Spiralling Wings Memorial to Airstrip B-82, Keent

Spiralling Wings Memorial to Airstrip B-82, Keent
The airstrip here, in the old forelands of the Ms at Keent, was made by the Germans as an emergency landing field but never used by them

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 101st AB Division Memorial, Son, Holland

101st AB Division Memorial, Son, Holland
Operation Market Garden depended upon the capture by airborne forces of a sequence of bridges over rivers and canals in Holland

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven

101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven
Operation Market Garden involved capturing a sequence of bridges over rivers so that a rapid armoured advance could drive from Belgium through Holland to the German border in September 1944

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Guards Memorial Plaque, Nijmegen Bridge, Holland

Guards Memorial Plaque, Nijmegen Bridge, Holland
The Cornelius Ryan book, A Bridge Too Far has at its centre the final struggle at the bridge at Arnhem, which was indeed a Bridge Too Far

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 101st Airborne Division Memorial, Veghel, Holland

101st Airborne Division Memorial, Veghel, Holland
The Memorial is in the form of a kangeroo with a baby in her pouch ( a symbol of the Allied Forces leaping over Dutch rivers) on a huge stone block which weighs 1, 200 kgs

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: The Silent Wings Memorial, Den Dungen, Holland

The Silent Wings Memorial, Den Dungen, Holland
This highly original Memorial was designed by local teacher Jos Korsten who is standing beside it. It tells the story of the gliders which landed in the middle of enemy territory in September 1944

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 51st Highland Division Stained Glass Window, Vught

51st Highland Division Stained Glass Window, Vught
In the 1944 fighting to defeat the Germans in Holland the whole area around here became the responsibility of the 51st Div

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: German General Students HQ September 1944

German General Students HQ September 1944
The two German Officers that were charged with the defence of Holland were General Student and Field Marshal Model, and it was most unfortunate for the Allies that they happened to be in the area

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 101st Airborne Division Memorial Parachute, Paulushoeve

101st Airborne Division Memorial Parachute, Paulushoeve
This area was in the landing zone of the Screaming Eagles, the 101st US Airborne Division, and was known as DZ C. It was where the 506th PIR were due to land

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 51st Highland Division Memorial, Schijndel, Holland

51st Highland Division Memorial, Schijndel, Holland
To British eyes this is probably the most beautiful traditional war memorial in Holland. It is a statue of a kilted Highlander looking down on a delightful young Dutch girl

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 101st US Airborne Memorial Gift to the Dutch

101st US Airborne Memorial Gift to the Dutch
The Memorial, which is in Sint Oedenrode, was initiated and funded by 101st Airborne veterans in recognition of the Dutch resistance against the Germans

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: The Paulushoef, Paulushoeve Farm near Best

The Paulushoef, Paulushoeve Farm near Best
The owner of this farm, Wan van Overveld, has erected a metal parachute in the garden and on the house is a Screaming Eagle

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: British troops and Locals Memorial, Sint Michielsgestel

British troops and Locals Memorial, Sint Michielsgestel
There is much erudite discussion about whether Operation Market Garden was a success or a failure. Certainly, the prime objective - to outflank the German defences along the River Rhine

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: US 501st Geronimo Monument, Eerde, Holland

US 501st Geronimo Monument, Eerde, Holland
During Operation Market Garden in September 1944, the airborne forces were charged with capturing a series of bridges over waterways that impeded the ground troops advance

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Castle Henkenshage, 502nd PIR HQ, Holland

Castle Henkenshage, 502nd PIR HQ, Holland
The US 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment was given the Operation Market Garden task of capturing this position and completed the clearing of the area on 17 September 1944

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland

Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland
This was put up by the people of Best in memory of Private 1st Class Joe E. Mann of H Coy, 502nd US Parachute Infantry Regiment. It was unveiled by his parents on 17 September 1956

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Jan van Hoof Memorial Bas-relief, Nijmegen road bridge

Jan van Hoof Memorial Bas-relief, Nijmegen road bridge
Jan was a young student in Nijmegen who worked for the Dutch Underground Resistance. The Nijmegen bridge had to be captured intact by American Airborne forces during Operation Market Garden so that

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Jan van Hoof Memorial Statue, Nijmegen, Holland

Jan van Hoof Memorial Statue, Nijmegen, Holland
Jan was a student and a member of the Dutch Secret Service at the time of Operation Market Garden in September 1944. A citizen of Nijmegen

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: 11th Armoured Division Memorial, Stiphout, Holland

11th Armoured Division Memorial, Stiphout, Holland
The Market Garden Operation involved an armoured attack by British and American forces along a narrow Corridor from Belgium and then through Holland

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Polish Airborne Units Memorial, Polish Cemetery, Lommel

Polish Airborne Units Memorial, Polish Cemetery, Lommel
Operation Market Garden consisted of two distinct parts - airborne forces and land forces. The airborne forces were the Market part and the land forces the Garden

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Aalst Liberation Memorial, Holland

Aalst Liberation Memorial, Holland
This small dramatic Memorial stands on a plinth in a little park in the middle of Aalst. It depicts three human figures rising from the straightjacket of German occupation

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Sherman tank Memorial, Hechtel, Belgium

Sherman tank Memorial, Hechtel, Belgium
This Sherman, No (G) E4186 1B1635 LO, has been preserved as a Memorial to all those who lost their lives during the Battle of Hechtel of 12 September 1944 - 35 civilians

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: The Liberation Gate Memorial, Dutch-Belgian border

The Liberation Gate Memorial, Dutch-Belgian border
This Memorial is just inside the Dutch border about 3 kms from Joes Bridge. In the battles before the start of the Market Garden Operation from Joes Bridge

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Irish Guards Memorial plaque, Joes Bridge

Irish Guards Memorial plaque, Joes Bridge
This is on a small stone plinth beside the canal. The crossing here is known as the De Groote Barrier and the bridge was taken one week before Operation Market Garden began

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Joes Bridge on the Belgian-Dutch border

Joes Bridge on the Belgian-Dutch border
Operation Market Garden was a combined British & American land and air operation planned to break into and around the German defences & then on into Germany itself

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Source of Life

Source of Life
Gilbert Claes

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: black holes

black holes
Gilbert Claes

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Ascend

Ascend
Mozart Chan

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Astrantia

Astrantia
Mandy Disher

Background imageImages Dated 20th August 2019: Hoping

Hoping
Young woman behind car window. Ildiko Neer



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