#Arnhem81: today in 1944 Operation Market Garden began. The Air Armada took elements of three Airborne divisions deep into enemy territory and filled the skies as men dropped between Eindhoven & Arnhem, as seen in these private photos of the time.

17 September 1944

My Grandfather Serjeant Ludwik Podolanski along with others from the Polish Airbourne jumped at Arnhem

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With #Arnhem81 commemorations this weekend, remembering the stories of two Spaniards #ContinuingtheFight in the British Army during #WW2, fighting on Ops MARKET & GARDEN. The stories of Joe Irala, 1st Airborne Recce Sqn & Marcial Fernández, Irish Gds. All in #ChurchillsSpaniards out in paperback!

Two weeks before the next road trip…following XXX Corps charge up Hell’s Highway in memory of my grandad who got as far as Elst with 43 Wessex, few miles short of Arnhem…A bridge to far #arnhem #arnhem81

Video inspired by my 'Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron' @canelobooks.bsky.social using archive footage, caps & quotes from the book to tell the story in brief
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZBr...

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