British First Airborne Troops using a mortar, Arnhem

Men of the British First Airborne Division using a 3-inch mortar in one of the woods surrounding Arnhem, in Holland, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan devised by Field-Marshal Montgomery to drop thousands of airborne troops into Holland to capture an invasion route into Germany. The British First Airborne, American 81st and 101st Divisions took part in the plan, which was ultimately unsuccessful

101st 81st Airborne Arnhem Bold Devised Divisions Drop Inch Mortar Surrounding Ultimately Unsuccessful

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