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SC004 - Edition 2500 -September 1944
Paras Land at Arnhem
AIRBORNE FORCES LAND AT ARNHEM
A large contingent of men of the Allied 1st Airborne Army, under the command of Lieut-General Frederick Browning, have been dropped in the area of Nijmegen, Eindhoven and Arnhem, in the Netherlands. The aim is to seize strategically important bridges over the many waterways in the area
which may impede the
Allied advance. These include the Grave bridge over the Maas, the Maas-Wahl
Canal bridge and the Arnhem Bridge over the Lower Rhine (the Lek). After enemy
airfields were cratered by bombing raids, over 1,000 troop-carrying aircraft
took part. There were four engined Short Stirlings and twin engined Douglas
Dakotas, some towing gliders, others loaded with paratroopers. This is just the
first stage of an operation which will be reinforced over the next few days, and
which will ensure a speedy and secure advance for the Allied armoured columns.
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