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Oosterbeek - still the fight goes on

Oosterbeek - still the fight goes on

22nd September 1944: In the remaining enclave held by the British airborne forces on the outskirts of Arnhem, the wounded must be tended to

Sep 22, 2024
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'Gallipoli II', a 6-pdr anti-tank gun of No. 26 Anti-Tank Platoon, 1st Border Regiment, 1st Airborne Division, in action in Oosterbeek, 20 September 1944. The gun was at this moment engaging a German PzKpfw B2 (f) Flammpanzer tank of Panzer-Kompanie 224 and successfully knocked it out.

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