![]() ![]() ![]() Unless stated, all are buried at Oosterbeek Airborne Cemetery, Arnhem. What follows is what I have discovered over a period of many months of research between 19, using numerous written and oral sources. My aim is simply to list the part played by Jewish servicemen in this battle, as another "for the record" project, to help dispel the myth that Jews were "not there". It is not my purpose here to describe the battle - this has already been done in numerous superb books. ![]() In addition, many RAF, USAAF and RCAF Squadrons took part transporting both men and supplies in the most hazardous of conditions and equally courageous and stoical were the brave Dutch citizens of Arnhem - many in the Resistance - who were so sadly caught up in the fighting, and who - to this day - feel such an intense loyalty to the Allied veterans and their descendants over half a century on. Five VC's alone were won and numerous other awards were made. Despite dreadful odds against them of arms and troops, the men of the 1st Airborne and attatched units fought ferociously, with relatively light weapons but unsurpassed bravery and endurance, against numerically superior and heavily armed German Panzer Units. The incredible courage and searing self-sacrifice of the men who fought at Arnhem has passed into history as one of the classic, epic, awe inspiring but tragic battles of World War Two. World War II: Table of Contents| Battle of the Bulge| D-Day ![]()
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