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Captured British paratroopers marched out of the Vreewijk Hotel after he bitter fighting in Oosterbeek.
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Captured British paratroopers marched out of the Vreewijk Hotel after bitter fighting in Oosterbeek.

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British troops wave resupply planes to get their attention in the grounds of teh Hartenstein Hotel.
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British troops wave resupply planes to get their attention in the grounds of the Hartenstein Hotel.

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An officer of 1st Airborne Division jokes about his lack of trousers after crossing the river Rhine.
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An officer of 1st Airborne Division jokes about his lack of trousers after crossing the river Rhine.

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An airborne soldier looks at the grave of an unknown soldier in Arnhem, April 15th 1945.
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An airborne soldier looks at the grave of an unknown soldier in Arnhem, April 15th 1945.

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A British Glider pilot lights the cigarette of a female German telegraphists taken PoW.
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A British Glider pilot lights the cigarette of a female German telegraphist taken PoW at Arnhem

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Aerial photo showing Velp railway bridge on teh east side of Arnhem.
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Aerial photo showing the railway bridge of Westervoort on the east side of Arnhem, 1944.

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Lines of Lonsdale's speech to troops at Oosterbeek church recreated for film 'Theirs Is The Glory'.
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Lines of Lonsdale's speech to troops at Oosterbeek church recreated for film 'Theirs Is The Glory'.

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Seven men of 64 Medium Regiment RA fire from the power station at Nijmegen with a 5.5 inch gun.
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Seven men of 64 Medium Regiment RA fire from the power station at Nijmegen with a 5.5 inch gun.

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A burnt out Jeep belonging to 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron in leafy Oosterbeek.
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A burnt out Jeep belonging to 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron in leafy Oosterbeek.

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Dutch civilians are evacuated from St. Elizabeth's Hospital by a medic waving a white flag.
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Dutch civilians are evacuated from St. Elizabeth's Hospital by a medic waving a white flag.

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C Company Border Regiment take up postions against the Germans on the Oosterbeek perimeter.
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C Company Border Regiment, and 10th Para Bn, take up positions against the Germans on the Oosterbeek perimeter.

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Polish paratroopers in a heavily shell ravaged building in Driel where they dropped.
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Polish paratroopers in a heavily shell ravaged building in Driel where they dropped.

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An officer from 1st Airlanding Light Artillery Regiment shouts through a loud haler.
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An officer from 1st Airlanding Light Artillery Regiment shouts through a loud haler.

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Private Hurst of 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade looks through binoculars near Cassino.
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Private Hurst of 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade looks through binoculars near Cassino.

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Corporal Nicks sits on a rock with a Parachute Regiment cap badge, Italy, undated.

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