A special anniversary talk on Operation MARKET GARDEN will take place in the Museum's Conference Room on Wednesday 17 September at 10.30am.
Lt Col (Retd) Derek Armitage, a registered battlefield guide for over 20 years, who has led tours to Arnhem, will be conducting the talk on the Allied operation into Holland, to clear a route into Germany, in September 1944.
The main objective of the operation was to capture a series of bridges in The Netherlands by combined airborne and ground operations. The airborne element was to land ahead whilst the ground troops would fight North to reach them from the Dutch/Belgian border.
The Glider Pilot Regiment would deliver troops, weapons and the equipment of the 1st Airborne Division to take the bridge at Arnhem.
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