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Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

By late January 1945, the Germans' Ardennes offensive was finally defeated. It had been a costly episode for both sides, but more so for the Germans, who now had to retreat across the Rhine greatly weakened and "in no condition to hold fast even in these positions".

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RETURN TO ARNHEM 40 YEARS ON - SEPTEMBER 1984

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Robert Antony ‘Tony’ Leake, Corporal with the 8th Battalion The Parachute Regiment by Eileen Hogan

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Sergeant Reginald J Giles

Lance Corporal Roy C Hyatt

Private Reginald C Capon

Private Robert Box

Temporary Major Ronald C Thompson

Sergeant Reginald M North

Private Robert G Barnes

Private Roy B Clements

Captain Ronald G Ellen

Sergeant R. V Durham

Private Robert S Lancaster

Lance Corporal Ronald Buxton

Private Robert V Heyden

Private Ronald P Kent

Corporal Raymond B Huffer

Corporal Raymond W Langdon

Private Raymond J Thompson

Private Richard T Scott

Private Roger F Cantin

Sergeant Reginald H Mayhew

Sergeant Reginald A Whittle

Private Richard T Poyner

Lance Corporal Roland G Arnold

Captain Richard N Fry

Corporal Reginald Burton

Private Ronald G Knight

Private Reginald Hopkins

Corporal Robert A Leake

Lance Sergeant Reginald Elwell

Robert E Spivey

Company Sergeant Major Reuben E Brown

Private Raymond Whitehead

Sergeant Raymond H Beagle

Corporal Robert R Dawson

Private Robert W H Fermor

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

RETURN TO ARNHEM 40 YEARS ON - SEPTEMBER 1984

Robert Antony ‘Tony’ Leake, Corporal with the 8th Battalion The Parachute Regiment by Eileen Hogan

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