Besieged paratroopers fight on

21st September 1944: As the Germans retake the centre of Arnhem the battle in the suburb of Oosterbeek lays waste to the previously quiet suburb

A Sturmhaubitze 42, a variant of Sturmgeschütz III with 105 mm gun in Arnhem. The parachute was from a supply drop intended for the British but fell into German-occupied territory.

In the centre of Arnhem, the 2nd Battalion had clung onto the enclave around the north side of the bridge against an ever-stronger enemy until it exhausted its ammunition. Th…