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Battle of Arnhem

Battle of Arnhem was a battle fought on 17 September 1944 at Arnhem, in what is now Netherlands. It was part of Operation Market Garden. The recorded result: German victory. Recorded strength: 1 reinforced airborne division; 1 parachute infantry brigade against 1 to; 1 panzer division.

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Record

Date17 September 1944
PlaceArnhem, Netherlands
51.980N, 5.900E
Part ofOperation Market Garden (1944)
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
ResultGerman victory
BelligerentsUnited Kingdom; PolandNazi Germany
CommandersRoy Urquhart; John Frost (POW); Stanisław SosabowskiWalter Model; Wilhelm Bittrich
Strength1 reinforced airborne division; 1 parachute infantry brigade1 to; 1 panzer division
Casualties and lossesabout 1,984 killed; 6,854 captured; Total: 8,838about 1,300 killed; 2,000 wounded – 5,175 killed or wounded
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Battle of Arnhem is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 172 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q387093, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Arnhem, revision 1380334648, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.