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Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

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Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

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Location: Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands

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1. Fonteinallee Tree-Lined Path – Doorwerth Castle loop from Arnhem Centraal

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2. De Hoge Veluwe National Park – Rosendael Castle loop from Oosterbeek

44.1km

02:45

340m

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3. Fonteinallee Tree-Lined Path – Driel Lock and Weir Complex loop from Arnhem Centraal

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Elburg on Tour

June 22, 2021

After the Normandy landings in June 1944, the Allied advance through Northern Europe was extremely rapid and on September 11, 1944, the Second Army invaded the Netherlands just south of Eindhoven, the first Allied forces to set foot in the country since the fall in May 1940.

Their next objective was to cross the Rhine before the Germans had time to reorganize after their recent setbacks, by securing the rivers and canals in their path at Grave, Nijmegen and Arnhem. 'Operation Market Garden' would involve the United States 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the 1st Commonwealth Airborne Division and the Polish Parachute Brigade.

On September 17, 1944, the 1st Airborne Division began landing west of Arnhem, but German resistance, bad weather and problems with supplies and reinforcements led to heavy losses and their objectives were not captured. They were forced to form a perimeter at Oosterbeek, which they stubbornly held until September 25, when it was decided to withdraw the remnants of the division across the Lower Rhine.

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery contains the graves of most of those killed during the September landings, and many of those who died in later fighting in the area.

There are now 1,684 Commonwealth soldiers of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 243 of the graves are unidentified and two victims are commemorated by special memorials. There are also 79 Polish, three Dutch and four non-war graves (including three former Commission employees) in the cemetery.
source cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2063800/ARNHEM%20OOSTERBEEK%20WAR%20CEMETERY

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

August 25, 2024

The 'Airborne War Cemetery' contains the remains of soldiers who died during Market Garden in September 1944 and the battles that followed in this area around Arnhem - Oosterbeek and the Dropzones.

There are a total of 1750 war graves here, of which 245 are unidentified.
We Will Remember Them

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Bumble-Bee

August 15, 2022

Quite a large military cemetery with a regular cemetery opposite - the cycle path goes through the middle.

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Location: Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands

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Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

1. Fonteinallee Tree-Lined Path – Doorwerth Castle loop from Arnhem Centraal

2. De Hoge Veluwe National Park – Rosendael Castle loop from Oosterbeek

3. Fonteinallee Tree-Lined Path – Driel Lock and Weir Complex loop from Arnhem Centraal

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