| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: 168 (City of London) Light Field Ambulance | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T.M. Robb RAMC |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1300 | 1st Br. Parachute Div landed at ARNHEM intending to capture the Bridge over the Neder Rijn at ARNMEIM and make bridgehead to enable 30 Corps to pass through. 82 U.S. Airborne Division landed in GRAVE and NIJMEGEN area to secure bridges over River Waal and River Maas also high point between NIJMEGEN and GROESBEEK 7554. and sufficient bridgehead ti allow passage of 30 Corps through. 101 U.S. Airborne Div. landed to seize Canal and stream crossing at EINDHOVEN, ZON and WEGHEL innorder to facilitate arrival of 30 Corps. 30 Corps were in bridgehead over Escault Canal and due south. Guards Armd Div were to break out from Bridgehead and proceed to EINDHOVEN where they would link up with 101 U.S. Airborne Div. Then 30 Corps would march in following order to ARNHEIM, through the two other Parachute Divisions in following order. Guards Armd Div, 43 Div with 8 Armd Bde, 50 Div and Guards Armd Div would then seize and hold high ground between APELDOORNE and the Zuider Zee. 43 Div and 8 Armd Bde would hold high ground between APELDOORNE and 1 Br. Parachute Div. Thus all Germans in West of Holland would be cut off and the point on the German-Dutch border nearest to Berlin would be seized. A drive eastwards could then be made, which, in conjunction with the American drive Eastward from COLOGNE would by-pass and isolate the Ruhr from the rest of Germany. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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