Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944.

Widespread damage and civilian casualties, Sheffield in extensive structural ruins. The Sheffield Blitz is the name given to the worst nights of German Luftwaffe bombing in Sheffield, England, during the Second World War. It took place during nighttime on 12 and 15 December 1940.

The Battle of Remagen was an 18-day battle during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. It lasted from 7 to 25 March 1945 when American forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine intact.

Field Marshal Montgomery believed that the Allies should employ one bold stroke to shorten the war. His plan, Operation Market Garden, would put the Allies across the Rhine on Germany's frontier in a few days and possibly end the war by Christmas 1944.

Aug 23, 2022 · Finding Information on Personal Participation in World War II, a brochure on some of NARA's relevant records, and how to get started. Search WWII Electronic Records in the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) Finding Aids. Records Holdings Relating to World War II at the National Archives at Riverside, originals and microfilm

Mar 30, 2017 · “A total of 37 raids were carried out on Shoreham and Southwick by enemy aircraft during the war. These involved 143 high explosive bombs, 5 oil bombs and in excess of 2,000 incendiaries causing the deaths of 17 people and injuring 108 others.” (Shoreham Herald 6 …

Sep 17, 2019 · Codenamed Operation Market Garden, it was the largest airborne operation in history and one of the biggest disasters of the Allied war effort. Here, Iain Ballantyne, author of Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron, reveals nine lesser-known facts about the battle immortalised in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far…

Jun 2, 2024 · New evidence about what happened when a World War Two munitions wagon exploded is still being discovered 80 years after the event, according to an historian.

Nov 11, 2023 · During WW2 the men of the Essex Regiment and Yeomanry served abroad, but Essex folk did their bit on the Home Front. No-one was spared in this second ‘total war’. The Essex Regiment’s 1st Battalion served in North Africa and in the Far East.

The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the Scheldt river between Antwerp and the North Sea for shipping, so that Antwerp's port could be used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe.