The Men who fought at Arnhem, WW2

The men who fought at Arnhem in a struggle against the odds during the Second World War. A double page spread of seven photographs, picturing Major-General Urquhart, two BBC war correspondents (Stanley Maxted and Guy Byam), British airborne troops going into action, a patrol of British paratroopers searching a ruined house in Ooosterbeek, an airborne officer in Nijmegen wearing a blanket in place of trousers, Sergeant Bennet of Darlington who swam across the river on his way back, and the three men who took photographs and film footage of the Arnhem campaign: Sergeant D M Smith, Sergeant G Walker, and Sergeant C M Lewis

Airborne Arnhem Bennet Byam Correspondents Fought Nijmegen Odds Paratroopers Searching Spread Strategy Urquhart

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