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The Tafelberg Hotel, HQ of Field-Marshal Model
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The Tafelberg Hotel, HQ of Field-Marshal Model
The Tafelberg was at Oosterbeek centre crossroads, virtually adjacent to the Hartenstein Hotel. In September 1944 it was Models HQ. He was the C in C of Heeresgruppe B, the German equivalent of Field-Marshal Montgomery. He was at lunch when he was told about the airborne landings at Wolfheze - the beginning of Operation Market Garden. Perhaps thinking of the British Long Range Desert Groups attempt to kidnap the famous German General Rommel in 1941, he thought that the paras were coming for him. He immediately moved his men from the Tafelberg and the Hartenstein to the HQ of General Bittrich at Doetinchem. As Market Garden progressed, the 1st AB Div soldiers were squeezed by the Germans into a smaller and smaller area centred on Oosterbeek - an area that became known as The Cauldron. The building went in and out of German hands all the while acting as a medical treatment centre. This picture shows the facade essentially as it was during the battle and before it was later developed. Date: 2000
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1944 2000 Adjacent Crossroads Models Oosterbeek Virtually Field Marshal
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This evocative photograph captures the facade of The Tafelberg Hotel, a historic building that played a pivotal role during the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. Situated at the Oosterbeek centre crossroads, the Tafelberg was the headquarters of Field-Marshal Model, the commander-in-chief of Heeresgruppe B, the German equivalent of Field-Marshal Montgomery. On the fateful day of September 17, 1944, as Model was enjoying lunch at the Tafelberg, he was informed about the Allied airborne landings at Wolfheze, marking the beginning of Operation Market Garden. With the memory of the British Long Range Desert Group's failed attempt to kidnap General Rommel in 1941 fresh in his mind, Model feared that the paratroopers were coming for him. In a swift decision, he ordered his men to relocate from the Tafelberg and the nearby Hartenstein Hotel to the HQ of General Bittrich at Doetinchem. As the battle progressed, the 1st Airborne Division soldiers found themselves surrounded and squeezed into a smaller and smaller area centred on Oosterbeek, an area that later became known as 'The Cauldron.' The Tafelberg building went in and out of German hands throughout the battle, serving as a medical treatment centre. This photograph, taken in the year 2000, depicts the Tafelberg Hotel facade essentially as it was during the battle and before its later development. The image transports us back in time, offering a glimpse into the tumultuous events that unfolded in this once peaceful Dutch town during the closing stages of World War II.
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