GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 19 - Misc: Documents relating to the Allied offensive at Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944

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GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 19 1944-1946 Collection (fonds) 1 file

Placed in the Centre in 1983 and 1984 by Dr Michael Dockrill, Department of War Studies, King's College, London

Collection includes five postcards, four of which are of British troops from 1 Airborne Div at Hotel De Tafelberg, Oosterbeek, Netherlands, during Operation MARKET GARDEN, the Allied attempt to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine river at Arnhem, 17 Sep-25 Sep 1944, and one of the Airborne Monument at Oosterbeek, built by J Maris, 1946; and a personal account by Henk B van der Horst entitled, Paratroopers Jump, Fury over Arnhem (Boekhandel Romijn, Oosterbeek, 1946), relating to the Allied airborne offensive at Arnhem, 17 Sep-25 Sep 1944.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Date of compilation: Oct 1999 Airborne warfare Architecture Armed forces Arnhem Belgium British Army Documents Europe Germany Horst , Henk B , van der , fl 1946 , author x van der Horst , Henk B Humanitarian law Information sources International conflicts International relations Maris , J , fl 1946 , sculptor Memoirs Military engineering Military operations Military organizations Monuments Netherlands Occupied territories Oosterbeek Operation Market Garden (1944) Organizations Rhine, river State security War Warfare War memorials Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) Primary documents

Placed in the Centre in 1983 and 1984 by Dr Michael Dockrill, Department of War Studies, King's College, London

Collection includes five postcards, four of which are of British troops from 1 Airborne Div at Hotel De Tafelberg, Oosterbeek, Netherlands, during Operation MARKET GARDEN, the Allied attempt to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine river at Arnhem, 17 Sep-25 Sep 1944, and one of the Airborne Monument at Oosterbeek, built by J Maris, 1946; and a personal account by Henk B van der Horst entitled, Paratroopers Jump, Fury over Arnhem (Boekhandel Romijn, Oosterbeek, 1946), relating to the Allied airborne offensive at Arnhem, 17 Sep-25 Sep 1944.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

• English