Airborne Monument, Oosterbeek, Netherlands (iii)
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 6 July 2024
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 6 July 2024
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 2 July 2024
Closer views of the Airborne Monument, Oosterbeek, the Netherlands.
Details on base:-
British poppy wreaths and Dutch wreaths~:-
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 30 June 2024
In a green space off the main road through Osterbeek town lies an impressive monument to the paratroops who landed at Oosterbeek in the Battle of Arnhem. It seems to be known as the Needle:-
This marker gives information about the monument, built in 1947 despite a shortage of materials at the time:-
Neraby is this information stone about the Battle of Arnhem and the Monument:-
Perimeter Route marker:-
View of monument from approach path:-
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 27 May 2024
Near the Airborne Monument at Arnhem is this marker of the trail of the Alied Armies which liberated western Europe in 1944-5:-
Information on board above:-
Memorial to Jacob-Groenewoud. The area around the Airborne Monument is now known as Jacob-Groenewoud Platsoen (Jacob-Groenewoud Park) after the only Dutch officer involve din the fighting for the Rhine Bridge:-
John Frost Bridge Monument, Arnhem. Airborne Monument in background:-
Information on John Frost Bridge Monument:-