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Men of the second Airborne landing moving forward into Arnhem with their guns and equipment
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2005-12-38-1

Description

Photograph: Men of the second Airborne landing moving forward into Arnhem with their guns and equipment. Taken by Sgt D M Smith, Army Film and Photographic Unit, Arnhem, 19 Sep 1944. From a collection of 75 British official photographs and photocopy papers relating to 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, September 1944. Belonged to the late Christopher Keegan who served in the Parachute Regiment. Associated with Operation MARKET GARDEN, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945) 1944. Most of 1st Airborne Division’s landing zones were 11 kilometres (7 miles) from the bridge at Arnhem and only one battalion managed to reach the objective while the rest of the division was squeezed into a pocket around Oosterbeek to the west.

Events

MARKET GARDEN, Operation, 1944 World War Two, North West Europe 1944-1945)