just been browsing around and found these pics which i quite liked...thought i would get an idea of what things looked like and get in touch with history a bit more.
That phot illustrates *perfectly* why were using PU.
Look at the aerial shot of the bridge, see how huge the approach ramps are, and relaise why UK airbonr never even got past that ramp!
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Thats the GPR in a school
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
ther mean looking barstardos, wouldant want to be a german and bump into that patrol 
team shoot and scoot, TL
Aye and thats just the pilots... wait til the infantiers turn up!
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
More likely to be this:
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Thanks for the pic heb.
That first picture brought back some quite deep memories.
It's been way too long since i was last in Arnhem... i think a trip is in order.
Will
that one of the german hands up is a new one on me, i take it it was tacken by a dutch person,
or was it a still from some film, ?
team shoot and scoot, TL
Looking back at the pictures who blew up the bridge?
Ste.D
I thinkit was bombed by us, cant be sure though
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
The current bridge is the third almost-identical bridge built at the same spot. The Dutch Army destroyed the first bridge when the Germans invaded Holland in 1940. The second bridge was destroyed by the US Air Force shortly after the 1944 battle.
(source - Wikipedia)
CW - your avatar is inspiring me ot do something, I'm not sure what yet 
I thought it might wind you up - KLOP!
I'd rather side with my avatar !
changed mine o a more peirod pic...but less bloody.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Ok as promissed on the "Kampfgruppe Hohenstaufen" thread here's a short gallery of photos for you of Stubblehopper and Frontschwein, hunting down a few British Tommies, enjoy!
http://subhost.eu/site.ww2airsoft/gallery.htm
Nice stuff... looks like they couldn't find any tommies though!
Where were those piccies taken?
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w184 ... fieldT.jpg
The Railway bridge, B Coy 2 Para Objective. Veiwd from the Oosterbeek Lag Church.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w184 ... gHotel.jpg
The Taffleberg Hotel. Model's Corps Headquarters on the morning of the first drop. (Aparently The Hartenstein was too flashy, The hotel was being turned into apartments when the photo was taken, september 2006(was that only last year?)
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w184 ... sHouse.jpg
'Urquhart House' Behind the Saint elizebeth Hospital, where the Divisional Commander Spent 3 Days hiding from german patrolls.
