British Valour in the Hell that was Arnhem
The War Illustrated, Volume 8, No. 192, Page 370, October 27, 1944.
In hundreds the parachute troops of the 1st Airborne Army were dropped in landing areas from transport planes (1). Some, hard-pressed in their foxholes at Arnhem, bombarded German positions with three-inch mortars (2). Glider-borne troops of the Border Regiment, in a hastily-dug slit-trench, others lining the hedge beyond the road (3), waited tensely to repel attack by the enemy 100 yards away. Glider Pilot Regiment men searched for snipers in a shell-riddled school (4). Photos, British and U.S. Official.
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