Arnhem
Rhine-side Netherlands municipality
Arnhem is a city in the eastern Netherlands, capital of Gelderland province.
It is best known for the Battle of Arnhem in 1944, a failed Allied attempt to capture bridges over the Rhine during World War II—the subject of the book and film *A Bridge Too Far*.
The paratroopers held out at Arnhem for nine days.
Soldiers who parachute in
- airborneTraveling through air
- 1944Mid-forties wartime year
- liberationRelease from constraint
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
Montgomery · bridge · British · dropped · gliders · offensive · strategic · commemoration
Point where paths intersect
- RhineMajor Central European waterway
- spanDistance between endpoints
- rebuiltConstructed anew
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
roadway · infantry · paratroopers · captured · defended · iconic · memorial · river crossing
Of the Netherlands
- HollandWestern Dutch region
- RhineMajor Central European waterway
- trolleybusRailless electric transit vehicle
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
paratroopers
Soldiers who parachute in
- airborneTraveling through air
- 1944Mid-forties wartime year
- liberationRelease from constraint
resistance · Montgomery · bridge · British · dropped · gliders · offensive · strategic · commemoration · war cemetery
crossing
Point where paths intersect
strategic · roadway · infantry · paratroopers · captured · defended · iconic · memorial · river crossing
Dutch
Of the Netherlands
- HollandWestern Dutch region
- RhineMajor Central European waterway
- trolleybusRailless electric transit vehicle