(Time again to promote my two books, something I tend to forget to do regularly. 😟) If you like to collect all available facts and form your own opinion about Market Garden please visit my website pre-jump.nl. (I have no marketing department so a repost is really appreciated.)
A Bridge Too Far is a Hollywood view of Market Garden. My two books are based on facts, primary sources.
Why and where did Market Garden fail? Purchase Lost at Nijmegen. All Market Garden facts from primary sources? Purchase Little Sense of Urgency
pre-jump.nl
March 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Tjonge - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #DutchHistory #BritishImperialHistory #NaziHistory #GermanHistory #AirborneWarfare #OperationMarketGarden #NorthwestEurope #Paras #WWIIHistory #HistoryBookChat
April 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tjonge - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #DutchHistory #BritishImperialHistory #NaziHistory #GermanHistory #AirborneWarfare #OperationMarketGarden #NorthwestEurope #Paras #WWIIHistory #HistoryBookChat
Amen! @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
For those who do not know, RG runs an amazing account filled with WWII history and is an #author as well. #OperationMarketGarden. Give him a follow.
For those who do not know, RG runs an amazing account filled with WWII history and is an #author as well. #OperationMarketGarden. Give him a follow.
(For my US followers.) Save this picture and use it. Or repost.
March 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Amen! @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
For those who do not know, RG runs an amazing account filled with WWII history and is an #author as well. #OperationMarketGarden. Give him a follow.
For those who do not know, RG runs an amazing account filled with WWII history and is an #author as well. #OperationMarketGarden. Give him a follow.
TGIF! Thank God It's Flyday
Significant Dates
17-18 Sept.1944
OperationMARKETGARDEN-437 Sqn’s baptism of fire:
437(Dakota)Sqn transports & re-supplies paratroops
airborne landings at Eindhoven
437 Sn.RCAF tows gliders & drops supplies
W/C Jack Sproule,cmdr
READ MORE
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Significant Dates
17-18 Sept.1944
OperationMARKETGARDEN-437 Sqn’s baptism of fire:
437(Dakota)Sqn transports & re-supplies paratroops
airborne landings at Eindhoven
437 Sn.RCAF tows gliders & drops supplies
W/C Jack Sproule,cmdr
READ MORE
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
September 18, 2026 at 5:57 PM
TGIF! Thank God It's Flyday
Significant Dates
17-18 Sept.1944
OperationMARKETGARDEN-437 Sqn’s baptism of fire:
437(Dakota)Sqn transports & re-supplies paratroops
airborne landings at Eindhoven
437 Sn.RCAF tows gliders & drops supplies
W/C Jack Sproule,cmdr
READ MORE
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Significant Dates
17-18 Sept.1944
OperationMARKETGARDEN-437 Sqn’s baptism of fire:
437(Dakota)Sqn transports & re-supplies paratroops
airborne landings at Eindhoven
437 Sn.RCAF tows gliders & drops supplies
W/C Jack Sproule,cmdr
READ MORE
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Oct. 25, 1944 #Boxtel.
US #paratroopers from the 101st, #82ndAirborneDivision and #SouthStaffordshireRegiment (Glider Infantry) pose for a photo after being in hiding for 5 weeks in the Kampina.
#boxtel #schijndel #oisterwijk #operationmarketgarden #marketgarden #brabant #101stairborn #ww2 #wo2
US #paratroopers from the 101st, #82ndAirborneDivision and #SouthStaffordshireRegiment (Glider Infantry) pose for a photo after being in hiding for 5 weeks in the Kampina.
#boxtel #schijndel #oisterwijk #operationmarketgarden #marketgarden #brabant #101stairborn #ww2 #wo2
November 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Oct. 25, 1944 #Boxtel.
US #paratroopers from the 101st, #82ndAirborneDivision and #SouthStaffordshireRegiment (Glider Infantry) pose for a photo after being in hiding for 5 weeks in the Kampina.
#boxtel #schijndel #oisterwijk #operationmarketgarden #marketgarden #brabant #101stairborn #ww2 #wo2
US #paratroopers from the 101st, #82ndAirborneDivision and #SouthStaffordshireRegiment (Glider Infantry) pose for a photo after being in hiding for 5 weeks in the Kampina.
#boxtel #schijndel #oisterwijk #operationmarketgarden #marketgarden #brabant #101stairborn #ww2 #wo2
25 September 1944: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdrew from #Arnhem. #History #WW2 #OperationMarketGarden
September 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
25 September 1944: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdrew from #Arnhem. #History #WW2 #OperationMarketGarden
REDDIT RELEASE:
"i had the honor to hang out with ww2 veterans who flew from the usa to commemorate operation market garden. gene was one of the jumpers that day (!!!) FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE🔥🔥🔥"
#OperationMarketGarden
Credit: IAmSoloMonica
"i had the honor to hang out with ww2 veterans who flew from the usa to commemorate operation market garden. gene was one of the jumpers that day (!!!) FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE🔥🔥🔥"
#OperationMarketGarden
Credit: IAmSoloMonica
September 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
REDDIT RELEASE:
"i had the honor to hang out with ww2 veterans who flew from the usa to commemorate operation market garden. gene was one of the jumpers that day (!!!) FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE🔥🔥🔥"
#OperationMarketGarden
Credit: IAmSoloMonica
"i had the honor to hang out with ww2 veterans who flew from the usa to commemorate operation market garden. gene was one of the jumpers that day (!!!) FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE🔥🔥🔥"
#OperationMarketGarden
Credit: IAmSoloMonica
In Sept 1944 it was hoped the European war might very soon be over via the #operationmarketgarden effort. For all the heroism it was not to be. That is conveyed by this video, a taste of my book 'Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron' www.canelo.co/books/arnhem...
@canelobooks.bsky.social
#ww2 #arnhem
@canelobooks.bsky.social
#ww2 #arnhem
September 22, 2026 at 7:32 AM
In Sept 1944 it was hoped the European war might very soon be over via the #operationmarketgarden effort. For all the heroism it was not to be. That is conveyed by this video, a taste of my book 'Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron' www.canelo.co/books/arnhem...
@canelobooks.bsky.social
#ww2 #arnhem
@canelobooks.bsky.social
#ww2 #arnhem
De herdenking van #OperationMarketGarden was drie dagen lang bijzonder. Vrijdag Eindhoven, dat wel werd bevrijd in 1944
September 20, 2026 at 11:42 AM
De herdenking van #OperationMarketGarden was drie dagen lang bijzonder. Vrijdag Eindhoven, dat wel werd bevrijd in 1944
Stone the crows - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #BritishImperialHistory #AmericanHistory #NaziHistory #GermanicHistory #NetherlandsHistory #AirborneWarfare #OperationMarketGarden
August 21, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Stone the crows - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #BritishImperialHistory #AmericanHistory #NaziHistory #GermanicHistory #NetherlandsHistory #AirborneWarfare #OperationMarketGarden
A sniper from the Scottish 5th Battalion (Black Watch) has found a clear location in the fortified attic of a house in Gennep.
#ww2 #bevrijding #sniper #Scherpschutter #wo2 #wo2inkleur #highlanddivision #operationveritable #gennep #groesbeek #operationmarketgarden #AIFree
#ww2 #bevrijding #sniper #Scherpschutter #wo2 #wo2inkleur #highlanddivision #operationveritable #gennep #groesbeek #operationmarketgarden #AIFree
October 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A sniper from the Scottish 5th Battalion (Black Watch) has found a clear location in the fortified attic of a house in Gennep.
#ww2 #bevrijding #sniper #Scherpschutter #wo2 #wo2inkleur #highlanddivision #operationveritable #gennep #groesbeek #operationmarketgarden #AIFree
#ww2 #bevrijding #sniper #Scherpschutter #wo2 #wo2inkleur #highlanddivision #operationveritable #gennep #groesbeek #operationmarketgarden #AIFree
Two British paratroopers dug in at their brigade headquarters near Arnhem in the Netherlands, 18 September 1944.
#history #wwii #ww2 #paras #operationmarketgarden
#history #wwii #ww2 #paras #operationmarketgarden
December 16, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Two British paratroopers dug in at their brigade headquarters near Arnhem in the Netherlands, 18 September 1944.
#history #wwii #ww2 #paras #operationmarketgarden
#history #wwii #ww2 #paras #operationmarketgarden
🫡 R.I.P., Bolesław #Ostrowski [°July 4, 1919 – Mar. 13, 2025]🕯️😔🌹
#PoW #OperationMarketGarden #1stIndependentPolishParachuteBrigade #BattleofArnhem #Nijmegen #StanisławSosabowski #RoyUrquhart #PolishAirborneForcesAssociation #BolesławOstrowski
#PoW #OperationMarketGarden #1stIndependentPolishParachuteBrigade #BattleofArnhem #Nijmegen #StanisławSosabowski #RoyUrquhart #PolishAirborneForcesAssociation #BolesławOstrowski
April 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🫡 R.I.P., Bolesław #Ostrowski [°July 4, 1919 – Mar. 13, 2025]🕯️😔🌹
#PoW #OperationMarketGarden #1stIndependentPolishParachuteBrigade #BattleofArnhem #Nijmegen #StanisławSosabowski #RoyUrquhart #PolishAirborneForcesAssociation #BolesławOstrowski
#PoW #OperationMarketGarden #1stIndependentPolishParachuteBrigade #BattleofArnhem #Nijmegen #StanisławSosabowski #RoyUrquhart #PolishAirborneForcesAssociation #BolesławOstrowski
Flipping 'Eck! - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #BritishImperialHistory #NetherlandsHistory #NaziHistory #GermanHistory #NorthwestEuropeanHistory #OperationMarketGarden #HistBookChat
February 23, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Flipping 'Eck! - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #BritishImperialHistory #NetherlandsHistory #NaziHistory #GermanHistory #NorthwestEuropeanHistory #OperationMarketGarden #HistBookChat
In Oosterbeek leggen schoolkinderen al tachtig jaar op deze zondag bloemen op de graven van Britse soldaten die omkwamen bij #OperationMarketGarden. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
‘Het is onze plicht om de oorlog te blijven herdenken’, zeggen de Bloemenkinderen van Oosterbeek
Bloemenkinderen: In Oosterbeek leggen schoolkinderen al bijna tachtig jaar bloemen op de graven van Britse soldaten die omkwamen bij Operation Market Garden. „De oorlog zit in het dna van ons dorp.”
www.nrc.nl
September 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In Oosterbeek leggen schoolkinderen al tachtig jaar op deze zondag bloemen op de graven van Britse soldaten die omkwamen bij #OperationMarketGarden. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
In Oosterbeek leggen schoolkinderen al meer dan tachtig jaar bloemen op de graven van Britse soldaten die omkwamen bij #OperationMarketGarden. Vandaag weer #AirborneHerdenking
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
‘Het is onze plicht om de oorlog te blijven herdenken’, zeggen de Bloemenkinderen van Oosterbeek
Bloemenkinderen: In Oosterbeek leggen schoolkinderen al bijna tachtig jaar bloemen op de graven van Britse soldaten die omkwamen bij Operation Market Garden. „De oorlog zit in het dna van ons dorp.”
www.nrc.nl
September 20, 2026 at 7:24 AM
In Oosterbeek leggen schoolkinderen al meer dan tachtig jaar bloemen op de graven van Britse soldaten die omkwamen bij #OperationMarketGarden. Vandaag weer #AirborneHerdenking
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Before #PercyChafer, now 104, stormed Gold beach, #Normandy, he had already served in North Africa with the #DesertRats. He fought to the Rhine, then served in #OperationMarketGarden!
Such a #hero!
I met Percy today after giving a talk on #AgentZo at the #BattleOfBritainBunker.
Such a #hero!
I met Percy today after giving a talk on #AgentZo at the #BattleOfBritainBunker.
June 8, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Before #PercyChafer, now 104, stormed Gold beach, #Normandy, he had already served in North Africa with the #DesertRats. He fought to the Rhine, then served in #OperationMarketGarden!
Such a #hero!
I met Percy today after giving a talk on #AgentZo at the #BattleOfBritainBunker.
Such a #hero!
I met Percy today after giving a talk on #AgentZo at the #BattleOfBritainBunker.
We're delighted to announce the signing of our latest author, Jan Scott.
Full post here - www.facebook.com/share/39Z3PX...
#arnhem #georgemedal #militaryhistory #operationmarketgarden #Publishing #newbook
Full post here - www.facebook.com/share/39Z3PX...
#arnhem #georgemedal #militaryhistory #operationmarketgarden #Publishing #newbook
July 22, 2024 at 6:44 AM
We're delighted to announce the signing of our latest author, Jan Scott.
Full post here - www.facebook.com/share/39Z3PX...
#arnhem #georgemedal #militaryhistory #operationmarketgarden #Publishing #newbook
Full post here - www.facebook.com/share/39Z3PX...
#arnhem #georgemedal #militaryhistory #operationmarketgarden #Publishing #newbook
Watching a documentary on #OperationMarketGarden hoping you show up!
March 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Watching a documentary on #OperationMarketGarden hoping you show up!
Every soldier has a story. The 506th Regiment’s fight in Operation Market Garden deserves to be remembered.
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Operation Market Garden: Story of the 506th Regiment
Discover the bravery of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during Operation Market Garden in World War II.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Every soldier has a story. The 506th Regiment’s fight in Operation Market Garden deserves to be remembered.
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https://www.okimono.nl/collections/paper-pegasus NIEUW! 'Paper Pegasus', grafisch ontwerp van Bart Kaper, is een ode aan pure papieren vouwkunst, het logo van de 1st Airborne Division en alle activiteiten opdat we nooit vergeten. #tshirt #duurzamekleding #biologischkatoen #operationmarketgarden
August 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
https://www.okimono.nl/collections/paper-pegasus NIEUW! 'Paper Pegasus', grafisch ontwerp van Bart Kaper, is een ode aan pure papieren vouwkunst, het logo van de 1st Airborne Division en alle activiteiten opdat we nooit vergeten. #tshirt #duurzamekleding #biologischkatoen #operationmarketgarden
Easy Company during #operationmarketgarden and on #theisland was the theme of today’s touring on @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour, with a sprinkle of the Waal Crossing and Arnhem Bridge. A fab day with a very enthusiastic and inquisitive group.
June 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Easy Company during #operationmarketgarden and on #theisland was the theme of today’s touring on @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour, with a sprinkle of the Waal Crossing and Arnhem Bridge. A fab day with a very enthusiastic and inquisitive group.
Today is 80 years since #OperationMarketGarden. My dad was there. Nobody wants to publish my poems about him. So, here’s one to share.
September 21, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Today is 80 years since #OperationMarketGarden. My dad was there. Nobody wants to publish my poems about him. So, here’s one to share.
Vanochtend zijn de eerste 27 parachutisten vertrokken richting Wolfheze voor de herdenkingen. Daarna voerde de C-47 ook nog een vlucht uit naar Nuenen. Vandaag worden nog 2 vluchten om 𝟭𝟭:𝟰𝟱 𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝘂𝘂𝗿 verwacht.
#airborne #OperationMarketGarden #Aerolegends #LestWeForget #TeugeAirport #GrootsinGA
#airborne #OperationMarketGarden #Aerolegends #LestWeForget #TeugeAirport #GrootsinGA
September 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Vanochtend zijn de eerste 27 parachutisten vertrokken richting Wolfheze voor de herdenkingen. Daarna voerde de C-47 ook nog een vlucht uit naar Nuenen. Vandaag worden nog 2 vluchten om 𝟭𝟭:𝟰𝟱 𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝘂𝘂𝗿 verwacht.
#airborne #OperationMarketGarden #Aerolegends #LestWeForget #TeugeAirport #GrootsinGA
#airborne #OperationMarketGarden #Aerolegends #LestWeForget #TeugeAirport #GrootsinGA
These #military gliders played a huge roll in #OperationMarketGarden which was portrayed in the great film A Bridge Too Far
Horsa Glider over its home base in #Essex on a 1969 #VintageMap
#EarlyBiz #LincsConnect #CraftBizParty #WW2 #Upcycle
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Horsa Glider over its home base in #Essex on a 1969 #VintageMap
#EarlyBiz #LincsConnect #CraftBizParty #WW2 #Upcycle
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Horsa Glider over Essex
A Horsa Glider from WW2 being towed by a Dakota in the far distance flying from the airfields of Essex painted on an original 1969 vintage map
The painting measures 16 x 20 inches with mount, this wil...
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May 19, 2026 at 6:18 AM
These #military gliders played a huge roll in #OperationMarketGarden which was portrayed in the great film A Bridge Too Far
Horsa Glider over its home base in #Essex on a 1969 #VintageMap
#EarlyBiz #LincsConnect #CraftBizParty #WW2 #Upcycle
original-art-prints.sumupstore.com/product/hors...
Horsa Glider over its home base in #Essex on a 1969 #VintageMap
#EarlyBiz #LincsConnect #CraftBizParty #WW2 #Upcycle
original-art-prints.sumupstore.com/product/hors...