Montgomery may have been mathematically correct in that 90% of the distance from the start line at Joe’s Bridge on the Meuse-Escaut Canal to Arnhem Bridge was captured. But other analysts say it was a ...

Overnight 25/26 September, the battered remnants of the 1st Airborne Division crossed from the north bank to the south bank of the Lower Rhine. Market Garden was over. Oude Kirk [Old Church] – ...

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Chapter 2 had set out the two requirements for success over which Montgomery had no control: weak German resistance and good weather. Chapter 3 demonstrated conclusively the fallacy of the first when, ...

The Royal Air Force Museum is thrilled to announce its new partnership with Virgin Atlantic, naming the esteemed airline as the Museum’s official airline partner. The collaboration between the RAF ...

On 17 September 1944, the British First Airborne Army, also incorporating American and Polish troops, launched an attack on major bridges in Holland, most memorably at Arnhem. This bore the name ...

The Royal Air Force Museum is thrilled to announce its new partnership with Virgin Atlantic, naming the esteemed airline as the Museum’s official airline partner. The collaboration between the RAF ...