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Picture No 10218096
Date 1944
Description Soldier of the British First Airborne in action in Arnhem
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A soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing his Sten gun at Germans near Arnhem, 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.
Source Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 7 October 1944, page 397
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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