Battlefield Blog

Yesterday with my friend Edwin from Battlefield Discovery we visited the two nearby American Cemeteries to pay our respects and visit our adopted graves. (more…)

In late 2019 and early 2020 the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek went through a big refit and when it was ready to open it couldn't because of Covid. The museum then briefly reopened in the fall of last year but I was not able to visit. Then was forced to closed again for months until, finally, this week when it could open it's doors again. (more…)

On the 17th of September 1944 at the start of Operation Market Garden C-47 "Chevelet" was heading towards the Netherlands, on board were ten pathfinders of the 101st Airborne division and five crewmembers. Their destination was drop zone A1 at Veghel where the pathfinders were to jump and then mark out the area for the 1st battalion of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment which were to land there. (more…)

Arnhem & Market Garden Battlefield tour report – By Mark Barnes Please note, the option to take a tour in a World War II Vehicle is no longer available due to insurance concerns. Arnhem: You can’t help yourself; you try and be clever and ignore the references, but whatever you do it all comes back to the Bridge Too Far. Now whether it was a genuine quote or not is a moot point, it doesn’t matter, it has entered folklore. It is ours. Cornelius Ryan gave it renewed life a long time ago and the Attenborough film added to the…