MARKET GARDEN 2015 MEMORIAL WW-II   

REMEMBER THE LARGEST OPERATION IN THE NETHERLANDS DURING WORLDWAR II
  Combat Forces Spain reports about this military WW-II operation 
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This site is about aviation. However aviation did play a major role in the MARKET GARDEN operations 
For this reason, and from historical point of view we report about this major operation that was called many times: 

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MARKET GARDEN MEMORIAL 2015 !
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        Vehicles Route from 'Borkel           Bailey Bridge over the          Impressions 'Basecamp           Impressions 'Main 
        and Schaft' to 'Camp Veghel'          channel near 'Son'          Grave'         Basecamp Veghel'
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        Battle for the 'John Frost         Dropzone 'Laverdonk' where         Liberation party in an old         Parking Old Vehicles at
        bridge' near 'Grave'         many paratroopers landed         factory in 'Veghel'         'Borkel en Schaft'
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        Basecamp 'Valkhof' near         Paratroopers landed           Crossing the 'Waal' river        Just for fun: Some old
        near Nijmegen           'Ginkel Heath'         by Special Forces Poland        World War II Posters
The 82nd USA Airborne Division come flying in to take the bridge !. Four Blackhawk helicopters come in flying and landing on a recently harvested field (as the picture shows.....)
The 82nd hurries up to the bridge and take it.
Allied landings re-enacted by the 'Round Canopy Parachuting Team, here at Dropzone 'Laverdonk' where heavy fights took place around the the old mill in 1944. It shows nice how the paratroopers jump out of the C-47 'Skytrain' better known as 'Dakota'.
The veterans are grateful they can be here once more to see the spectacle, where they survived but friends died... 
Most of the veterans were decorated many times for their  part in liberating Europe for our freedom even now.
The men embarking gliders that were uncoupled over the battlefield to surprise the enemy in silence
The 'liberation-route' with unfortunately 'a bridge too far' , and the restored Laverdonk Mill (2015)
The famous Baileybridge near 'Son' was built while the original bridge itself was blown by the germans in 1944 in front of the Allies approaching. This Baileybridge had to be built heavy enough to carry the heavy (Sherman) tanks. This delayed the Allies significantly.
 
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