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We are still back in time, on the first day of Operation Market Garden. This time Maarten is in and around Arnhem. Here too, the bridge had to fall into allied hands as quickly as possible. At Wolfheze 134 gliders came down, a little further on paratroopers, these troops had to immediately move to the bridge in different groups. So much German resistance had not been expected. Only one division eventually reached the bridge. This was John Frost's club. Right next to the landing site at Wolfheze there was a gigantic villa in 1944, together with archaeologist Martijn Reinders Maarten goes in search of the remains of this villa, overgrown with blackberry bushes and ferns the remains can still be found. The cellars, including the air raid shelter, are still intact. The story of this villa is directly related to Operation Market Garden. Maarten then sets off with battlefield tour guide and former soldier Dirk Hoekendijk. He takes Maarten to Oosterbeek low station, here John Frost first encountered German resistance, but he still got through. We pause at a monument in Lombok, remember september, a small monument in the residential area where general Urquhart lost quite a few hours. The monument was also unveiled by Urquhart in the 80s. More about this program: https://www.omroepgelderland.nl/op-oo... #MaartenvanRossem #Marketgarden #omroepgld