The Liberation Gate Memorial, Dutch-Belgian border
This Memorial is just inside the Dutch border about 3 kms from Joe's Bridge. In the battles before the start of the Market Garden Operation from Joe's Bridge, the Guards having secured this area north of the bridge, then withdrew leaving the infantry to hold the ground - a military procedure known as Consolidation'. The first Allied unit to set foot upon Dutch soil was a pair of 2nd Household Cavalry armoured cars of the Guards Armoured Division
Picture No
12694751
Media ID
45788420
Size
3000px x 1544px
(1.5MB)
Credit
© Holt's Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Tonie and Valmai Holt - Holts' Battlefield Collection
Date
2000
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