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When Henry McAnelly, a 21-year-old British paratrooper, set out to play his part in the greatest airborne operation in history, he and most of his fellow soldiers expected a quick, easy victory. It ...

After General Montgomery's daring operation to cut World War II short by forcing a narrow corridor from the Netherlands into the heart of Germany he praised the survivors. He wrote: "There can be few ...

He was the first British paratrooper to bravely set foot on Arnhem Bridge during a fierce 1944 battle immortalised in the film A Bridge Too Far Bill Fulton, who died yesterday aged 88, had parachuted ...

Raymond Whitwell, who died just 11 days after Armistice Day last month, was given a guard of honour at his funeral in Old Malton, North Yorkshire. Parachute Regiment veterans from The Falklands War, ...

British Second World War veterans were among those honoured in front of a crowd of thousands during a night of special commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem. Arnhem city ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

OPERATION MARKET GARDEN had gone wrong. Its objective had been to capture bridges throughout the Netherlands to quicken up the Allied advance into Germany. On September 17, 1944, 35,000 men were ...

From 6,000ft up, the landscape of the south-east Netherlands sways below my feet, intermittently visible through cloud – flat, geometric fields, neat patches of woodland, clusters of villages and the ...

Arthur Hendy was born on 13th July 1918. He enlisted for the army in 1937 and joined the Royal Engineers. He completed his basic training and was posted to 1st Royal Engineers Searchlight Regiment ...