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| Picture No | 10218088 |
| Date | 1944 |
| Description | Major-General R.E. Urquhart in Arnhem; Second World War |
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Major-General R.E. Urquhart, Commander of the British First Airborne Division, standing outside his headquarters near Arnhem, the Hartenstein Hotel, 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.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 7 October 1944, page 399 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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