Heritage

The Old Church

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

Oosterbeek

Station Oosterbeek-Hoog

The Northern part of the perimeter was situated at the station of Oosterbeek. The troops at the N...

Oosterbeek

The monument at Plac Polski and the annual commemorations in Driel

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

Driel

The Western Perimeter

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

Oosterbeek

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

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

Driel

Ommershof

Ommershof was situated on the high grounds on the Northern side of the perimeter. When the Britis...

Oosterbeek

Bakery Crum

The bakery of the Crum family used to be on the Paul Krugerstraat 23. It was in the middle of the...

Oosterbeek

Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski

The bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski looks out over his headquarters, at Molenstraat 12...

Driel

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

Paul Krugerstraat 70

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

Oosterbeek

The Poles near Driel

On September 21st, Polish troops landed near Driel. Only a small part of the troops managed to re...

Oosterbeek

Stationsweg 8

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

Oosterbeek

De Tafelberg

Hotel De Tafelberg was one of the two main medical points in the perimeter. Operations were carri...

Oosterbeek

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

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

Driel

De Hemelse Berg

Estate the Hemelse Berg became a shelter for refugees during de Battle of Arnhem, but they did no...

Oosterbeek

Landgoed Beekhuizen

VELP GLD

Fighting around the Dorpstraat on the southern side of Driel

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

Driel

The Mortar Pit

The 1st Border Regiment guarded the West side of the perimeter. Mortar teams of the regiment dug...

Oosterbeek

The emergency hospital in the school - Operating dressed in flak jackets

The medical company of the Polish paratrooper brigade chose the Roman Catholic primary school as...

Driel

Historische Kelders Arnhem

The shopping streets in Arnhem hide around 36 centuries-old cellars, restored to their old glory...

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