Photo report Airborne commemoration Driel

On Saturday, September 20, the annual commemoration was held in Driel for the commitment and the victims of the First Independent Polish Parachute Brigade during the Battle of Arnhem. This year was an especially remarkable occasion as the British government has explicitly given the Polish parachutists the recognition they deserve. This finally does justice to the men who jumped here on Sunday, September 21, 1944. This was done during the commemoration with the unveiling of a plaque by the defense ministers of Poland, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.

In the evening, at the reception of the British Embassy in the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek, a 6-pounder cannon and an Airborne handcart were handed over to the Poles. These items will be displayed in a military museum in Poland.