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  • Rosendael Park and Castle

    Rosendael Park and Castle

    Rosendael Castle (Park en Kasteel Rosendael), the former residence of the Dukes of Guelders, is d...

    Rozendaal

    Tourist agency

  • Zypendaal House

    Zypendaal House

    Zypendaal House (Huis Zypendaal) is an old-style country house dating from 1762. The ground floor...

    Arnhem

    Sight

  • Kasteel Doornenburg

    Kasteel Doornenburg

    Mediaeval castle in Overbetuwe where the Rhine and Waal meet. Imposing stronghold, part of which...

    DOORNENBURG

    Sight

  • Doorwerth Castle

    Doorwerth Castle

    An imposing castle on an attractive estate!

    DOORWERTH

    Sight

  • The Big or Eusebius Church

    The Big or Eusebius Church

    The Big or Eusebius Church in Arnhem has dominated the skyline of the city of Arnhem for more tha...

    Arnhem

    Observation point

  • Landgoed Beekhuizen

    Landgoed Beekhuizen

    VELP GLD

    Sight

  • The Household Cavalry came to reinforce the Polish troops with eight armored cars

    The Household Cavalry came to reinforce the Polish troops with eight armored cars Armoured car with troops and Polish paratroopers on the Molenstraat. This is at the same location as where you are now.

    Early in the morning on Friday 22 September 1944, units of the Household Cavalry reached the Poli...

    Driel

    Sight

  • The Western Perimeter

    The Western Perimeter

    During the Battle of Arnhem, the 1st Border Regiment was one of the few regiments that could fulf...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • Villa Hartenstein

    Villa Hartenstein

    Villa Harteinstein used to be the headquarters of the British stroops commanded by general Urquha...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • De Naald

    De Naald

    ‘De Naald’ was the first monument that was built in Oosterbeek to remember the war. Even though i...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • hotel Dreyeroord

    hotel Dreyeroord

    Hotel Dreyeroord served as the headquarters of the Scottish troops for a couple of days. After a...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • Stationsweg 8

    Stationsweg 8

    The house at Stationsweg 8 was taken by British troops and served as part of the British defense...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • De Westerbouwing

    De Westerbouwing

    The high ground of the Westerbouwing was heavily attacked by German troops. The British t roops w...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • The Old Church

    The Old Church

    The Old Church was one of the southernmost points of the perimeter. The area around the church wa...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • The Roman Catholic parish house set up as a medical post

    The Roman Catholic parish house set up as a medical post

    At the beginning of the Battle of Arnhem, under the leadership of the local female doctor, Dr. A....

    Driel

    Sight

  • Operation Berlin

    Operation Berlin

    When the situation for the troops in Oosterbeek proved to be untenable, it was decided to evacuat...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • The attempt of the Dorsets – doomed to fail

    The attempt of the Dorsets – doomed to fail Major General Sosabowski with, on the left, Major Desmond Pascale of The Dorsetshire Regiment in Valburg. Sosabowski's alternative to the Rhine crossing was turned down..

    In the night of 24 to 25 September 1944, after two earlier failed attempts by the Poles, a final...

    Driel

    Sight

  • Paul Krugerstraat 70

    Paul Krugerstraat 70

    The house on the Paul Krugerstraat, number 70, served as a medical post of the 7th King’s Own Sco...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles

    The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles The ferry before the war. This ferry, on which cars could cross the river, had been disabled by the ferryman in order to prevent the German troops from using it. .

    The first objective of the Polish troops was to use the Driel ferry to cross the river and to rea...

    Driel

    Sight

  • The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned.

    The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned.

    The Polish troops took up positions in and around Driel, including at the predecessor of this pos...

    Driel

    Sight

  • Landing sites – then fields and orchards

    Landing sites – then fields and orchards Historical and recent images combined: Polish paratroopers near Overasselt in September 1944 along with a present-day photo of Driel

    On September 21st 1944, around 17:55, this was the landing area of the Polish troops. Around 1000...

    Driel

    Sight

  • Landgoed Bronbeek

    Landgoed Bronbeek

    At Bronbeek you can learn about the Netherlands’ colonial past in the Dutch East Indies. For a re...

    ARNHEM

    Sight

  • Fighting around the Dorpstraat on the southern side of Driel

    Fighting around the Dorpstraat on the southern side of Driel The Polish soldier Bier found his first resting place in a field grave on the Dorpstraat. He is possibly the radio operator who was helped by Henk te Dorsthorst, a resident of Driel at the time.

    At the T-junction of Dorpstraat-Honingveldsestraat, the Polish troops had taken up positions. Whe...

    Driel

    Sight

  • The monument at Plac Polski and the annual commemorations in Driel

    The monument at Plac Polski and the annual commemorations in Driel The first version of the monument erected by the Driel people in honour of the Poles.

    On September 21st 1946, a sober monument was unveiled to commemorate the events of two years earl...

    Driel

    Sight

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