Table of Contents:
1. Allied Strategy after the Normandy Landings 9
Broad front - small front 9
Operation Market Garden 13
2. Sunday, 17 September 1944: D-Day 17
Preliminary bombardments 17
The take-off of the biggest air armada in history 19
The landings near Arnhem 24
The airlift of the 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish
Borderers 27
The German defence 28
The positions of 7 KOSB at Ginkel Heath 38
Initial engagements at Ginkel Heath 44
3. Monday, 18 September 1944: D +1 52
The push towards Arnhem road bridge 52
The actions of the Westgruppe 52
The situation at Ginkel Heath prior to the arrival of 4th
Parachute Brigade 53
The second lift 65
The landing on Ginkel Heath 68
Marching off 87
4. Ginkel Heath, Tuesday, 19 September - Friday, 22 September
1944 91
5. The Significance of the Battle for Ginkel Heath 96
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