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Driel: 101st Airborne Division Commemoration

Heteren Rijndijk Heteren

U.S. 101 Airborne Division This American unit arrived with parachutes and gliders as part of Operation Market Garden around Eindhoven on 17 September 1944. After several battles in this area, the division was moved to the Betuwe by truck on 4 October 1944. There they fought until the end of November 1944 to defend the […]

Driel: 7th Bn Hampshire Regiment Commemoration

Drielse Rijndijk Noordhoeksestraat 1, Driel

British 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment This British unit, which was attached to the 43rd" Wessex" Infantry Division, arrived on September 23, 1944 as part of Operation Market Garden at the brick factory "De Korevaar" This unit defended this place along the Driel Rijndijk for more than a week, until they were relieved on October 4, […]